#221816#221816

#221816 is a very dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.1% C 0.017 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#221816
RGB	rgb(34, 24, 22)
HSL	hsl(10, 21%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(10, 35%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 35.3%, 86.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.41, 4.62, 3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.41, 5.69, 35.70°)
OKLab	oklab(22.08% 0.0143 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(22.08% 0.017 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.1312, 1.0513, 0.9022)
Luminance	0.0105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#221816 #162022

analogous

#22161A #221816 #221E16

triadic

#221816 #162218 #181622

tetradic

#221816 #1A2216 #162022 #1E1622

square

#221816 #1A2216 #162022 #1E1622

split-complementary

#221816 #16221E #161A22

monochromatic

#130D0C #130D0C #221816 #47322E #6C4C46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.35

#221816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#221816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #221816

17.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##221816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##221816	1.00	17.35	1.21	17.35
#FFFFFF	17.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C1B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#241717

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #221816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 24, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.1% 0.017 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5452',
    500: '#221816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #221816;
$custom-light: #5d5452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#221816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22082,
    "c": 0.01669,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#221816

secondary

#3F5155

accent

#B0BE6A

background

#F5F4F4

surface

#E9E7E7

border

#C5C3C3

text

#040202

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #221816

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

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