#DE2016

sRGB: 222 / 32 / 22

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Withered branches fade beyond remembrance
Pale reflections find forgotten pathways

#DE2016 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 32 green and 22 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 3.0° lands in the red region. Its 82.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 47.8% 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 (4.86:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 32, 22
HSL: 3.00°, 81.97%, 47.84%
HSV / HSB: 3.00°, 90.09%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 85.59%, 90.09%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 30.785, 16.623, 2.347
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 47.782, 68.455, 54.313
WCAG relative luminance: 0.16621
24-bit decimal: 14557206

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 #DE2016 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: 4.32:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 4.86:1

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

#16D4DE sits half a turn (180°) from #DE2016 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.

#DE2016 #16D4DE

Analogous

#DE1670 and #DE8416 sit 30° to either side of #DE2016. 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.

#DE1670 #DE2016 #DE8416

Triadic

#DE2016, #16DE20 and #2016DE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DE2016 #16DE20 #2016DE

Split complementary

Start at #DE2016 and look across the wheel. #16DE84 and #1670DE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DE2016 #16DE84 #1670DE

Square

Starting with #DE2016, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #70DE16, #16D4DE, then #8416DE. Across the square, #DE2016 pairs with #16D4DE, and #70DE16 with #8416DE.

#DE2016 #70DE16 #16D4DE #8416DE

Tetradic

#DE2016 and #16D4DE are opposites, as are #D4DE16 and #2016DE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DE2016 #D4DE16 #16D4DE #2016DE

Tints

Mixing #DE2016 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E54D45, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8D2D0, the mixture is 80% white.

#DE2016 #E54D45 #EB7973 #F2A6A2 #F8D2D0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DE2016 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B21A12, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C0604, the mixture is 80% black.

#DE2016 #B21A12 #85130D #590D09 #2C0604 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DE2016 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CB332B, keeps 80% of the original. By #936D6B, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DE2016 #CB332B #B84640 #A65A56 #936D6B #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

#DE2016

RGB

rgb(222 32 22)

HSL

hsl(3.000 81.967% 47.843%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DE2016;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DE2016 uses 222 red, 32 green and 22 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 12.5%

Blue 8.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DE2016 is 0.0% cyan, 85.6% magenta, 90.1% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 85.6%

Yellow 90.1%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD2211. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D21 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DE2016 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC3300, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DD2211 Nearest web-safe: #CC3300

Gradient to complement

#DE2016 #BD3E37 #9B5C59 #7A7A7A #59989B #37B6BD #16D4DE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DE2016 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.

#63570F

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.

#908000

Tritanopia

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

#F50022

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.

#9E5008

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.

#AB6A02

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E01920

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#717171

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.

#B35553

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 0.73046 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 0.79971 G 0.21571 B 0.15523

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.60334 G 0.03821 B 0.02083

CIE xyY

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

x 0.619 y 0.334 Y 16.623

CMY

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

C % 12.941 M % 87.451 Y % 91.373

Binary RGB

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

11011110 00100000 00010110