#74231B#74231B

#74231B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.115 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74231B
RGB	rgb(116, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 76.7%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 35.00, 24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 42.94, 35.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% 0.1007 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.115 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0022, 4.9954, 1.5795)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74231B #1B6C74

analogous

#741B3F #74231B #744F1B

triadic

#74231B #1B7423 #231B74

tetradic

#74231B #3F741B #1B6C74 #4F1B74

square

#74231B #3F741B #1B6C74 #4F1B74

split-complementary

#74231B #1B744F #1B3F74

monochromatic

#190706 #42140F #74231B #A63227 #D14639

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#74231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#74231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74231B

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74231B	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A341A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#800C22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.115 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a36358',
    500: '#74231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74231b;
$custom-light: #a36358;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.393,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38169,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74231B

secondary

#429FA9

accent

#D7E542

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #74231B

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

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