#74172B#74172B

#74172B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.126 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74172B
RGB	rgb(116, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(347, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(347, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 62.9%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.26, 40.76, 12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.26, 42.66, 17.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.17% 0.1225 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(37.17% 0.126 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9457, 4.5014, 2.7355)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74172B #177460

analogous

#741759 #74172B #743217

triadic

#74172B #2B7417 #172B74

tetradic

#74172B #597417 #177460 #321774

square

#74172B #597417 #177460 #321774

split-complementary

#74172B #177432 #175974

monochromatic

#1A0509 #410D18 #74172B #A7213E #D63053

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#74172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#74172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74172B

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74172B	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31302B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#800020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.126 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25e64',
    500: '#74172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74172b;
$custom-light: #a25e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.097,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37174,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74172B

secondary

#3DA992

accent

#EAC53E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #74172B

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

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