HEX Color #FF161D (Red)

About #FF161D

When working with digital screens, the color #FF161D is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Red. In the RGB color space, it consists of 255 red, 22 green, and 29 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 91% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#FF161D

RGB255, 22, 29

HSL358.2°, 100.0%, 54.3%

CMYK0%, 91%, 89%, 0%

HSV358.2°, 91.4%, 100.0%

LAB53.9, 78.6, 58.9

XYZ41.7, 21.9, 3.2

Decimal16717341

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#FF161D #16FEF7

Analogous

#FE1691 #FE8316

Triadic

#1CFE16 #161DFE

Tetradic

#91FE16 #16FEF7 #8316FE

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#FF161D

#FF2F36

#FF494F

#FF6368

#FF7D81

#FF979A

#FFB1B3

#FFCBCC

#FFE5E5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#FF161D

#E21319

#C61116

#AA0E13

#8D0C10

#71090C

#550709

#380406

#1C0203

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.90:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

5.38:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.73:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.58:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #FF161D; }

.text-color { color: #FF161D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #FF161D; }

Similar Colors

Red

#FF0000