#CD2016

sRGB: 205 / 32 / 22

#CD2016 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 32 green and 22 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 3.3° lands in the red region. Its 80.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 44.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.51:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 32, 22
HSL: 3.28°, 80.62%, 44.51%
HSV / HSB: 3.28°, 89.27%, 80.39%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 84.39%, 89.27%, 19.61%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 25.838, 14.072, 2.115
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 44.337, 63.828, 50.270
WCAG relative luminance: 0.14070
24-bit decimal: 13443094

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CD2016 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 3.81:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 5.51:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#16C3CD sits half a turn (180°) from #CD2016 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CD2016 #16C3CD

Analogous

#CD1668 and #CD7C16 sit 30° to either side of #CD2016. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CD1668 #CD2016 #CD7C16

Triadic

#CD2016, #16CD20 and #2016CD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CD2016 #16CD20 #2016CD

Split complementary

Start at #CD2016 and look across the wheel. #16CD7C and #1668CD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CD2016 #16CD7C #1668CD

Square

Starting with #CD2016, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #68CD16, #16C3CD, then #7B16CD. Across the square, #CD2016 pairs with #16C3CD, and #68CD16 with #7B16CD.

#CD2016 #68CD16 #16C3CD #7B16CD

Tetradic

#CD2016 and #16C3CD are opposites, as are #C3CD16 and #2016CD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CD2016 #C3CD16 #16C3CD #2016CD

Tints

Mixing #CD2016 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D74D45, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5D2D0, the mixture is 80% white.

#CD2016 #D74D45 #E17973 #EBA6A2 #F5D2D0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CD2016 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A41A12, keeps 80% of the original. By #290604, the mixture is 80% black.

#CD2016 #A41A12 #7B130D #520D09 #290604 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CD2016 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE332B, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F6D6B, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CD2016 #BE332B #AE4640 #9F5A56 #8F6D6B #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CD2016

RGB

rgb(205 32 22)

HSL

hsl(3.279 80.617% 44.510%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CD2016;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CD2016 uses 205 red, 32 green and 22 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 12.5%

Blue 8.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CD2016 is 0.0% cyan, 84.4% magenta, 89.3% yellow and 19.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 84.4%

Yellow 89.3%

Black 19.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC2211. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C21 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CD2016 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC3300, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CC2211 Nearest web-safe: #CC3300

Gradient to complement

#CD2016 #AF3B35 #905653 #727272 #538D90 #35A8AF #16C3CD

Color vision previews

Compare how #CD2016 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#5C5110

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#857604

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E20021

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#924A0B

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9E6206

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CF1A1F

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#696969

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A54F4D

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.61050 G 0.01444 B 0.00802

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.73843 G 0.20357 B 0.14635

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.50467 G 0.03423 B 0.01878

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.615 y 0.335 Y 14.072

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 19.608 M % 87.451 Y % 91.373

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001101 00100000 00010110