#74231E#74231E

#74231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.115 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74231E
RGB	rgb(116, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 74.1%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 35.15, 23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 42.03, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.1018 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.115 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0387, 5.0100, 1.7718)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74231E #1E6F74

analogous

#741E44 #74231E #744E1E

triadic

#74231E #1E7423 #231E74

tetradic

#74231E #44741E #1E6F74 #4E1E74

square

#74231E #44741E #1E6F74 #4E1E74

split-complementary

#74231E #1E744E #1E4474

monochromatic

#180706 #431411 #74231E #A5322B #CD473F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#74231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#74231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74231E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74231E	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A341D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E461B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#800D22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.115 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2635a',
    500: '#74231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74231e;
$custom-light: #a2635a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.488,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38214,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74231E

secondary

#46A2A8

accent

#D9E246

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #74231E

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

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