#74242E#74242E

#74242E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.112 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74242E
RGB	rgb(116, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 60.3%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.22, 35.77, 13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.22, 38.11, 20.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.1071 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.112 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3272, 5.1731, 3.1443)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74242E #24746A

analogous

#742456 #74242E #744224

triadic

#74242E #2E7424 #242E74

tetradic

#74242E #567424 #24746A #422474

square

#74242E #567424 #24746A #422474

split-complementary

#74242E #247442 #245674

monochromatic

#170709 #45161B #74242E #A33241 #C74B5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#74242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#74242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74242E

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74242E	1.00	10.32	2.03	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38362E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C462C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F1428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.112 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16466',
    500: '#74242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74242e;
$custom-light: #a16466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38651,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74242E

secondary

#4DA79C

accent

#DCCA4C

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100606

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #74242E

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

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