#70172B#70172B

#70172B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.122 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70172B
RGB	rgb(112, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(347, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 61.6%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.43, 39.49, 11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.43, 41.07, 15.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.119 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.122 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4253, 4.2330, 2.7111)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70172B #17705C

analogous

#701758 #70172B #703017

triadic

#70172B #2B7017 #172B70

tetradic

#70172B #587017 #17705C #301770

square

#70172B #587017 #17705C #301770

split-complementary

#70172B #177030 #175870

monochromatic

#19050A #3D0D18 #70172B #A3213E #D42D53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#70172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#70172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70172B

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70172B	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.122 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f5d64',
    500: '#70172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #70172b;
$custom-light: #9f5d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.517,
    "s": 65.926,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36404,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70172B

secondary

#3DA68E

accent

#E9C33F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#0F0505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #70172B

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

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