#420909#420909

#420909 is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.086 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#420909
RGB	rgb(66, 9, 9)
HSL	hsl(0, 76%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(0, 86%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.4%, 86.4%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.78, 26.82, 14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.78, 30.55, 28.61°)
OKLab	oklab(24.99% 0.0774 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(24.99% 0.086 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.3940, 1.3737, 0.3975)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#420909 #094242

analogous

#420926 #420909 #422609

triadic

#420909 #094209 #090942

tetradic

#420909 #264209 #094242 #260942

square

#420909 #264209 #094242 #260942

split-complementary

#420909 #094226 #092642

monochromatic

#1B0404 #1B0404 #420909 #781010 #AE1818

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.48

#420909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#420909 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #420909

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##420909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##420909	1.00	16.48	1.27	16.48
#FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#292407

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A000A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #420909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 9, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.086 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c4e4a',
    500: '#420909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #420909;
$custom-light: #7c4e4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#420909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24985,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#420909

secondary

#278080

accent

#F3F335

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0A0201

muted

#7C7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #420909

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

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