#74271B#74271B

#74271B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.111 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74271B
RGB	rgb(116, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 76.7%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, 33.12, 25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 41.90, 37.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.0948 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.111 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1267, 5.2443, 1.6210)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74271B #1B6874

analogous

#741B3B #74271B #74531B

triadic

#74271B #1B7427 #271B74

tetradic

#74271B #3B741B #1B6874 #531B74

square

#74271B #3B741B #1B6874 #531B74

split-complementary

#74271B #1B7453 #1B3B74

monochromatic

#190806 #42160F #74271B #A63827 #D14D39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#74271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#74271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74271B

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74271B	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#801425

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.111 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a26558',
    500: '#74271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74271b;
$custom-light: #a26558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.09,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38694,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74271B

secondary

#429BA9

accent

#CFE542

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #74271B

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

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