#201616#201616

#201616 is a very dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.016 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#201616
RGB	rgb(32, 22, 22)
HSL	hsl(0, 19%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(0, 31%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 31.2%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.47, 5.07, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.47, 5.43, 20.87°)
OKLab	oklab(21.29% 0.0155 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(21.29% 0.016 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.0274, 0.9389, 0.8860)
Luminance	0.0094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#201616 #162020

analogous

#20161B #201616 #201B16

triadic

#201616 #162016 #161620

tetradic

#201616 #1B2016 #162020 #1B1620

square

#201616 #1B2016 #162020 #1B1620

split-complementary

#201616 #16201B #161B20

monochromatic

#120C0C #120C0C #201616 #442F2F #694848

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.68

#201616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#201616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #201616

17.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##201616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##201616	1.00	17.68	1.19	17.68
#FFFFFF	17.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#181716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#221516

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #201616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 22, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.016 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5352',
    500: '#201616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #201616;
$custom-light: #5b5352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#201616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21289,
    "c": 0.01634,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#201616

secondary

#3F5252

accent

#BBBB6D

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#040202

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #201616

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

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