#70172A#70172A

#70172A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.122 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70172A
RGB	rgb(112, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(347, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 62.5%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.40, 39.41, 11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.40, 41.19, 16.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.1186 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.122 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4072, 4.2258, 2.6157)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70172A #17705D

analogous

#701757 #70172A #703117

triadic

#70172A #2A7017 #172A70

tetradic

#70172A #577017 #17705D #311770

square

#70172A #577017 #17705D #311770

split-complementary

#70172A #177031 #175770

monochromatic

#19050A #3D0D17 #70172A #A3213D #D42D51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#70172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#70172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70172A

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70172A	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.122 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5d63',
    500: '#70172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70172a;
$custom-light: #9f5d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.191,
    "s": 65.926,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36379,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70172A

secondary

#3DA68F

accent

#E9C53F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #70172A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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