#42070F

A very dark, vivid red closely aligning with Black.

About #42070F

Visually, #42070F is defined as a vivid red. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Black. In the RGB color space, it consists of 66 red, 7 green, and 15 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 89% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively dark color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a very dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#42070F
RGB66, 7, 15
HSL351.9°, 80.8%, 14.3%
CMYK0%, 89%, 77%, 74%
HSV351.9°, 89.4%, 25.9%
LAB11.6, 28.0, 11.6
XYZ2.4, 1.3, 0.6
Decimal4327183

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

16.55:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
1.27:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
15.82:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.08:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #42070F; }
.text-color { color: #42070F; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #42070F; }

Similar Colors

Black
#000000