#74221B#74221B

#74221B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.116 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74221B
RGB	rgb(116, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 76.7%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 35.45, 24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 43.20, 34.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.1021 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.116 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9732, 4.9374, 1.5699)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74221B #1B6D74

analogous

#741B40 #74221B #744E1B

triadic

#74221B #1B7422 #221B74

tetradic

#74221B #40741B #1B6D74 #4E1B74

square

#74221B #40741B #1B6D74 #4E1B74

split-complementary

#74221B #1B744E #1B4074

monochromatic

#190706 #42130F #74221B #A63127 #D14539

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#74221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#74221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74221B

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74221B	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39331A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#800921

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.116 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a36257',
    500: '#74221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74221b;
$custom-light: #a36257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.719,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38045,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74221B

secondary

#42A1A9

accent

#D9E542

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #74221B

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

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