#74172E#74172E

#74172E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.127 H 12.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74172E
RGB	rgb(116, 23, 46)
HSL	hsl(345, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(345, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 60.3%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 40.99, 10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 42.34, 14.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.1238 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.127 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0028, 4.5242, 3.0361)
Luminance	0.0452 (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

#74172E #17745D

analogous

#74175D #74172E #742E17

triadic

#74172E #2E7417 #172E74

tetradic

#74172E #5D7417 #17745D #2E1774

square

#74172E #5D7417 #17745D #2E1774

split-complementary

#74172E #17742E #175D74

monochromatic

#1A050A #410D1A #74172E #A72142 #D63059

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#74172E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#74172E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74172E

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74172E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74172E	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#30302E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48432C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74172e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 23, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.127 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25e66',
    500: '#74172e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74172e;
$custom-light: #a25e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74172e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.161,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37248,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74172E

secondary

#3DA98F

accent

#EABF3E

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4E9EB

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #74172E

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

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