#74171B#74171B

#74171B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.127 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74171B
RGB	rgb(116, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 76.7%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.97, 39.82, 22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.97, 45.93, 29.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.1159 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.127 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7076, 4.4061, 1.4813)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74171B #177470

analogous

#74174A #74171B #744117

triadic

#74171B #1B7417 #171B74

tetradic

#74171B #4A7417 #177470 #411774

square

#74171B #4A7417 #177470 #411774

split-complementary

#74171B #177441 #174A74

monochromatic

#1A0506 #410D0F #74171B #A72127 #D63037

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#74171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#74171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74171B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74171B	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.127 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a35d57',
    500: '#74171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74171b;
$custom-light: #a35d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.419,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36862,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74171B

secondary

#3DA9A5

accent

#EAE23E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #74171B

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

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