#74172D#74172D

#74172D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.127 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74172D
RGB	rgb(116, 23, 45)
HSL	hsl(346, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 61.2%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 40.91, 11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 42.43, 15.40°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% 0.1234 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.127 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9833, 4.5164, 2.9335)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74172D #17745E

analogous

#74175C #74172D #742F17

triadic

#74172D #2D7417 #172D74

tetradic

#74172D #5C7417 #17745E #2F1774

square

#74172D #5C7417 #17745E #2F1774

split-complementary

#74172D #17742F #175C74

monochromatic

#1A050A #410D19 #74172D #A72141 #D63057

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#74172D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#74172D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74172D

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74172D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74172D	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)

#31302D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48432B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74172d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 23, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.127 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25e65',
    500: '#74172d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74172d;
$custom-light: #a25e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74172d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.806,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37223,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74172D

secondary

#3DA990

accent

#EAC13E

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4E9EB

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #74172D

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

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