Soy Sauce
Soy Sauce is a highly saturated, near pure red shade with RGB(26, 6, 0) and hex code #1A0600, reading as very dark, close to black at a glance.
HEX
#1A0600
RGB
26, 6, 0
HSL
14°, 100%, 5%
CMYK
0%, 77%, 100%, 90%
LAB
3, 6, 5
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Description
- •Soy Sauce (#1A0600) is a warm-toned red color defined by RGB values of 26, 6, 0 and HSL values of 14 degrees hue, 100% saturation, and 5% lightness. At 5% lightness it appears very dark, close to black, and its highly saturated, near pure character makes it suitable as a strong accent or brand color. It pairs naturally with its complementary shade #00141A for high-contrast schemes, or with the analogous tones #1A1300 and #1A0007 for a more harmonious palette.
Psychology
As a red shade, Soy Sauce tends to carry the general associations of that hue family: power, passion, danger, and urgency. Red is one of the first colors humans evolved to distinguish and is commonly linked with energy, urgency, and appetite.
Hue family
red
Saturation level
highly saturated, near pure
Lightness level
very dark, close to black
Temperature
warm
Because Soy Sauce is highly saturated, near pure and very dark, close to black, it tends to feel calm and unobtrusive in a design context.
Meaning
Within the red family, colors like Soy Sauce are commonly associated with power, passion, danger, and urgency, though exact interpretation depends on cultural context and surrounding design elements.
Hue family
red
Common associations
power, passion, danger, and urgency
Temperature
warm
History
- 1Soy Sauce is a named point in a modern digital color palette rather than a documented historical pigment, but the red family it belongs to has a long design history. Red is one of the first colors humans evolved to distinguish and is commonly linked with energy, urgency, and appetite.
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Visual perception
- At HSL(14, 100%, 5%), Soy Sauce has a relative luminance of about 0.00 on a 0-1 scale, which can make it harder to distinguish for people with red-green color blindness if used alongside similarly saturated greens or reds; pair it with a distinct lightness or add non-color cues such as icons or labels.
Technology specific
- Soy Sauce (#1A0600) renders consistently on standard sRGB displays; on wider-gamut or uncalibrated screens, expect minor shifts in perceived saturation. For print reproduction, convert from RGB to CMYK and proof physically, since highly saturated colors like this can shift noticeably between screen and print.
Guidance
Use Soy Sauce with white text for readability (contrast ratio approximately 19.6:1). Reserve it for smaller accent areas rather than large backgrounds since high saturation can overwhelm at scale.
Examples
web design
call-to-action buttons
branding
logo accent color
UI design
alert or highlight states
spot color for emphasis
Purpose
Soy Sauce works well for backgrounds, body text, or supporting UI surfaces where subtlety matters, given its highly saturated, near pure and very dark, close to black profile.
Benefits
visual contrast
pairs with white text for a WCAG contrast ratio of about 19.6:1
palette flexibility
combines with #00141A (complementary) and #001A06/#06001A (triadic) for varied schemes
brand consistency
reads as bold and energetic across most screens