#74212E#74212E

#74212E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.116 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74212E
RGB	rgb(116, 33, 46)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 60.3%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.73, 37.10, 12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.73, 39.15, 18.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.1114 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.116 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2402, 4.9991, 3.1153)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74212E #217467

analogous

#742158 #74212E #743E21

triadic

#74212E #2E7421 #212E74

tetradic

#74212E #587421 #217467 #3E2174

square

#74212E #587421 #217467 #3E2174

split-complementary

#74212E #21743E #215874

monochromatic

#180709 #44131B #74212E #A42F41 #CA455A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#74212E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#74212E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74212E

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74212E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74212E	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B462C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F0E26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74212e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 33, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.116 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16266',
    500: '#74212e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74212e;
$custom-light: #a16266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74212e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.602,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38286,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74212E

secondary

#49A799

accent

#DFC749

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #74212E

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

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