HEX atlas value

#160A09

#160A09 is a warm red HEX color close to Carbon Black. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 22, 10, 9, HSL 5, 42%, 6%, has luminance 0.0041, and belongs to the dark group.

red warm dark

#160A09 Sample readable text

HEX #160A09

RGB rgb(22, 10, 9)

HSL hsl(5 42% 6%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 55, 59, 91)

Luminance 0.0041

Contrast Black 1.08:1White 19.41:1

CSS

--color-160a09: #160A09;
.background-160a09 { background-color: #160A09; }
.text-160a09 { color: #160A09; }

Luminance0.0041

Black text1.08:1AA Fail

White text19.41:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#160A09","rgb":[22,10,9],"hsl":[5,42,6],"cmyk":[0,55,59,91],"luminance":0.0041,"contrast":{"black":1.08,"white":19.41}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.08,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":19.41,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"Black","hex":"#000000","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1,"contrastWhite":21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#190706","hex":"#190706","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.07,"contrastWhite":19.55,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Carbon Black","hex":"#0C0C0C","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.07,"contrastWhite":19.55,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#16090E","hex":"#16090E","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.08,"contrastWhite":19.44,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#120D0C","hex":"#120D0C","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.09,"contrastWhite":19.3,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","dark","dark red","Carbon Black adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","dark theme accents","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/160a09.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/carbon-black.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/matte-black.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/black.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#091516","analogous":["#16090E","#161009"],"triadic":["#09160A","#0A0916"],"tetradic":["#0E1609","#091516","#100916"],"splitComplementary":["#091610","#090E16"],"monochromatic":["#572823","#160A09","#000000"]}

Variants

{"light":"#572823","dark":"#000000","saturated":"#190706","desaturated":"#120D0C","pastel":"#643D3A","neon":"#470600"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"carbon-black","name":"Carbon Black","hex":"#0C0C0C","distance":10.63014581273465},{"slug":"matte-black","name":"Matte Black","hex":"#1A1A1A","distance":23.68543856465402},{"slug":"black","name":"Black","hex":"#000000","distance":25.787593916455254},{"slug":"carbon-fiber","name":"Carbon Fiber","hex":"#1C1C1C","distance":26.851443164195103},{"slug":"raisin","name":"Raisin","hex":"#242124","distance":38.13135192987524}]

HEX meaning and use

About #160A09

#160A09 is classified as a warm red value with dark visual character. #160A09 is visually closest to Carbon Black, a named gray color with HEX #0C0C0C.

The RGB channels are 22, 10, and 9, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 5deg with 42% saturation and 6% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and dark theme accents. Its luminance is 0.0041, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 10.63, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.08:1AA Fail

White text19.41:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #160A09 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.08:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF19.41:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

Black#FFFFFF text · best 21:1#000000

#190706#FFFFFF text · best 19.55:1#190706

Carbon Black#FFFFFF text · best 19.55:1#0C0C0C

#16090E#FFFFFF text · best 19.44:1#16090E

#120D0C#FFFFFF text · best 19.3:1#120D0C

Generated Palette

#160A09#160A09

#091516#091516

#16090E#16090E

#161009#161009

#572823#572823

Black#000000

Color Harmonies

#091516#091516

#16090E#16090E

#161009#161009

#09160A#09160A

#0A0916#0A0916

Variants

#572823#572823

Black#000000

#190706#190706

#120D0C#120D0C

#643D3A#643D3A

#470600#470600

Nearest Named Colors

Carbon Black#0C0C0C

Matte Black#1A1A1A

Black#000000

Carbon Fiber#1C1C1C

Raisin#242124

#160A09

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #160A09

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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