#70172C#70172C

#70172C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.122 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#70172C
RGB	rgb(112, 23, 44)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 60.7%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 39.56, 10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 40.97, 15.06°)
OKLab	oklab(36.43% 0.1194 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(36.43% 0.122 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4438, 4.2405, 2.8089)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#70172C #17705B

analogous

#701759 #70172C #702F17

triadic

#70172C #2C7017 #172C70

tetradic

#70172C #597017 #17705B #2F1770

square

#70172C #597017 #17705B #2F1770

split-complementary

#70172C #17702F #175970

monochromatic

#19050A #3D0D18 #70172C #A32140 #D42D55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#70172C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#70172C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #70172C

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##70172C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##70172C	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46412A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #70172c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 23, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.122 12.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#70172c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.843,
    "s": 65.926,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36429,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#70172C

secondary

#3DA68D

accent

#E9C13F

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4E9EB

border

#CEC5C6

text

#0F0505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #70172C

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

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