#991A16#991A16

#991A16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.163 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#991A16
RGB	rgb(153, 26, 22)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(2, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 50.33, 36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 62.26, 36.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.1433 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.163 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6528, 7.5713, 1.5014)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#991A16 #169599

analogous

#991654 #991A16 #995C16

triadic

#991A16 #16991A #1A1699

tetradic

#991A16 #549916 #169599 #5C1699

square

#991A16 #549916 #169599 #5C1699

split-complementary

#991A16 #16995C #165499

monochromatic

#2E0807 #63110E #991A16 #CF231E #E44A45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#991A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#991A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #991A16

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##991A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##991A16	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63580E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #991a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 26, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.163 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16555',
    500: '#991a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #991a16;
$custom-light: #c16555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#991a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.832,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44248,
    "c": 0.16257,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#991A16

secondary

#46C1C5

accent

#ECF136

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE8

border

#D3C6C4

text

#140603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #991A16

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

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