#42161E#42161E

#42161E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.069 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42161E
RGB	rgb(66, 22, 30)
HSL	hsl(349, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(349, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 54.5%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.55, 22.17, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.55, 22.82, 13.76°)
OKLab	oklab(27.2% 0.0671 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(27.2% 0.069 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.7682, 1.8261, 1.4347)
Luminance	0.0183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42161E #16423A

analogous

#421634 #42161E #422416

triadic

#42161E #1E4216 #161E42

tetradic

#42161E #344216 #16423A #241642

square

#42161E #344216 #16423A #241642

split-complementary

#42161E #164224 #163442

monochromatic

#17080A #17080A #42161E #702533 #9E3548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.38

#42161E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#42161E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42161E

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42161E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42161E	1.00	15.38	1.37	15.38
#FFFFFF	15.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B281D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#481019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42161e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 22, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.069 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795559',
    500: '#42161e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42161e;
$custom-light: #795559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42161e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27198,
    "c": 0.06854,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42161E

secondary

#3A796E

accent

#DAC04E

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EEE9E9

border

#C9C5C5

text

#090303

muted

#7B7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #42161E

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

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