#74271C#74271C

#74271C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.111 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74271C
RGB	rgb(116, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 75.9%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 33.17, 25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 41.57, 37.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.0952 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.111 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1384, 5.2490, 1.6830)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74271C #1C6974

analogous

#741C3D #74271C #74531C

triadic

#74271C #1C7427 #271C74

tetradic

#74271C #3D741C #1C6974 #531C74

square

#74271C #3D741C #1C6974 #531C74

split-complementary

#74271C #1C7453 #1C3D74

monochromatic

#190806 #431610 #74271C #A53828 #D04D3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#74271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#74271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #74271C

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##74271C	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)

#3C361A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F471A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#801425

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.111 30.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38708,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74271C

secondary

#439CA8

accent

#D0E444

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #74271C

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

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