#221616#221616

#221616 is a very dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.020 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#221616
RGB	rgb(34, 22, 22)
HSL	hsl(0, 21%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(0, 35%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 35.3%, 86.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.76, 6.10, 2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.76, 6.55, 21.31°)
OKLab	oklab(21.57% 0.0186 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(21.57% 0.02 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.0914, 0.9719, 0.8890)
Luminance	0.0097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#221616 #162222

analogous

#22161C #221616 #221C16

triadic

#221616 #162216 #161622

tetradic

#221616 #1C2216 #162222 #1C1622

square

#221616 #1C2216 #162222 #1C1622

split-complementary

#221616 #16221C #161C22

monochromatic

#130C0C #130C0C #221616 #472E2E #6C4646

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.58

#221616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#221616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #221616

17.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##221616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##221616	1.00	17.58	1.19	17.58
#FFFFFF	17.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#181816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B1A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241516

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #221616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 22, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.020 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5352',
    500: '#221616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #221616;
$custom-light: #5d5352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#221616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21573,
    "c": 0.01965,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#221616

secondary

#3F5555

accent

#BEBE6A

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#040202

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #221616

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

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