#991916#991916

#991916 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.163 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#991916
RGB	rgb(153, 25, 22)
HSL	hsl(1, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.7%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 50.60, 36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 62.43, 35.85°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% 0.1441 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.163 28)
XYZ	xyz(13.6310, 7.5277, 1.4942)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#991916 #169699

analogous

#991655 #991916 #995B16

triadic

#991916 #169919 #191699

tetradic

#991916 #559916 #169699 #5B1699

square

#991916 #559916 #169699 #5B1699

split-complementary

#991916 #16995B #165599

monochromatic

#2E0807 #63100E #991916 #CF221E #E44945

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#991916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#991916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #991916

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##991916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##991916	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63570E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #991916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 25, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.163 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16455',
    500: '#991916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #991916;
$custom-light: #c16455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#991916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.374,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44178,
    "c": 0.16322,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.07525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#991916

secondary

#46C2C5

accent

#EDF136

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE8

border

#D3C6C4

text

#140603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #991916

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

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