#73172B#73172B

#73172B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.125 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73172B
RGB	rgb(115, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(347, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(347, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 62.6%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 40.45, 12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 42.26, 16.85°)
OKLab	oklab(36.98% 0.1217 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(36.98% 0.125 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8135, 4.4332, 2.7293)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73172B #17735F

analogous

#731759 #73172B #733117

triadic

#73172B #2B7317 #172B73

tetradic

#73172B #597317 #17735F #311773

square

#73172B #597317 #17735F #311773

split-complementary

#73172B #177331 #175973

monochromatic

#1A050A #400D18 #73172B #A6213E #D52F53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#73172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#73172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73172B

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73172B	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.125 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a15e64',
    500: '#73172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73172b;
$custom-light: #a15e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.957,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36981,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73172B

secondary

#3DA991

accent

#EAC43E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #73172B

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

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