#74171C#74171C

#74171C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.127 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74171C
RGB	rgb(116, 23, 28)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 75.9%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 39.87, 22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 45.66, 29.18°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.1163 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.127 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7193, 4.4108, 1.5433)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74171C #17746F

analogous

#74174B #74171C #744017

triadic

#74171C #1C7417 #171C74

tetradic

#74171C #4B7417 #17746F #401774

square

#74171C #4B7417 #17746F #401774

split-complementary

#74171C #177440 #174B74

monochromatic

#1A0506 #410D10 #74171C #A72128 #D63038

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#74171C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#74171C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74171C

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74171C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74171C	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)

#332F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74171c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 23, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.127 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a35d58',
    500: '#74171c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74171c;
$custom-light: #a35d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74171c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.774,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36877,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74171C

secondary

#3DA9A4

accent

#EAE13E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #74171C

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

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