#201516#201516

#201516 is a very dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.018 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#201516
RGB	rgb(32, 21, 22)
HSL	hsl(355, 21%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(355, 34%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.4%, 31.2%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.14, 5.82, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.14, 6.00, 14.02°)
OKLab	oklab(21.03% 0.0177 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(21.03% 0.018 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.0087, 0.9014, 0.8798)
Luminance	0.0090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#201516 #15201F

analogous

#20151B #201516 #201915

triadic

#201516 #162015 #151620

tetradic

#201516 #1B2015 #15201F #191520

square

#201516 #1B2015 #15201F #191520

split-complementary

#201516 #152019 #151B20

monochromatic

#120C0D #120C0D #201516 #452D2F #6A4549

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.79

#201516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#201516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #201516

17.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##201516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##201516	1.00	17.79	1.18	17.79
#FFFFFF	17.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#221415

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #201516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 21, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.018 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5252',
    500: '#201516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #201516;
$custom-light: #5b5252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#201516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 20.755,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21034,
    "c": 0.01812,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#201516

secondary

#3E5351

accent

#BDB66A

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#040202

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #201516

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

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