#170809#170809

#170809 is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.004; OKLCH L 15.9% C 0.027 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 19.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#170809
RGB	rgb(23, 8, 9)
HSL	hsl(356, 48%, 6%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 60.9%, 91%)
CIE-LAB	lab(3.39, 5.43, 1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(3.39, 5.63, 15.31°)
OKLab	oklab(15.88% 0.0261 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(15.88% 0.027 16)
XYZ	xyz(0.4895, 0.3756, 0.3051)
Luminance	0.0038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#170809 #081716

analogous

#170810 #170809 #170E08

triadic

#170809 #091708 #080917

tetradic

#170809 #101708 #081716 #0E0817

square

#170809 #101708 #081716 #0E0817

split-complementary

#170809 #08170E #081017

monochromatic

#170809 #170809 #170809 #44181B #72282D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

19.53

#170809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.08

#170809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #170809

19.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##170809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##170809	1.00	19.53	1.08	19.53
#FFFFFF	19.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	19.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B0A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F0D09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A0708

Achromatopsia (no color)

#0C0C0C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #170809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 8, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(15.9% 0.027 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#534a4b',
    500: '#170809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #170809;
$custom-light: #534a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#170809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 6.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.15876,
    "c": 0.02714,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.00376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#170809

secondary

#29524F

accent

#D8CF50

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E7E7E7

border

#C3C3C3

text

#020101

muted

#787777

Preview Lab

Preview with #170809

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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