#74172A#74172A

#74172A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.126 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74172A
RGB	rgb(116, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 63.8%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 40.69, 13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 42.79, 18.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.1221 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.126 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9276, 4.4941, 2.6401)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74172A #177461

analogous

#741759 #74172A #743317

triadic

#74172A #2A7417 #172A74

tetradic

#74172A #597417 #177461 #331774

square

#74172A #597417 #177461 #331774

split-complementary

#74172A #177433 #175974

monochromatic

#1A0509 #410D18 #74172A #A7213C #D63052

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#74172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#74172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74172A

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74172A	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31302A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#80001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.126 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25e63',
    500: '#74172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74172a;
$custom-light: #a25e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.742,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3715,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74172A

secondary

#3DA993

accent

#EAC73E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #74172A

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

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