#74172C#74172C

#74172C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.126 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74172C
RGB	rgb(116, 23, 44)
HSL	hsl(346, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 62.1%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.29, 40.84, 11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.29, 42.54, 16.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% 0.123 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.126 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9643, 4.5088, 2.8333)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74172C #17745F

analogous

#74175A #74172C #743117

triadic

#74172C #2C7417 #172C74

tetradic

#74172C #5A7417 #17745F #311774

square

#74172C #5A7417 #17745F #311774

split-complementary

#74172C #177431 #175A74

monochromatic

#1A050A #410D19 #74172C #A7213F #D63055

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#74172C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#74172C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74172C

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74172C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74172C	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31302C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49432A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#800020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74172c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 23, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.126 13.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74172c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.452,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37198,
    "c": 0.12642,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74172C

secondary

#3DA991

accent

#EAC33E

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4E9EB

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #74172C

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

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