#420609#420609

#420609 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.089 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420609
RGB	rgb(66, 6, 9)
HSL	hsl(357, 83%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(357, 91%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 90.9%, 86.4%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.34, 28.07, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.34, 31.38, 26.53°)
OKLab	oklab(24.65% 0.0814 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(24.65% 0.089 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.3615, 1.3086, 0.3866)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420609 #06423F

analogous

#420627 #420609 #422106

triadic

#420609 #094206 #060942

tetradic

#420609 #274206 #06423F #210642

square

#420609 #274206 #06423F #210642

split-complementary

#420609 #064221 #062742

monochromatic

#1C0304 #1C0304 #420609 #7A0B11 #B21018

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.65

#420609 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#420609 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420609

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420609	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420609	1.00	16.65	1.26	16.65
#FFFFFF	16.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#282307

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A0008

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420609;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 6, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.089 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c4d4a',
    500: '#420609',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420609;
$custom-light: #7c4d4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420609",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 6,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24654,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420609

secondary

#22827D

accent

#FAEF2E

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0A0101

muted

#7C7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #420609

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

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