#742A18#742A18

#742A18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.109 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742A18
RGB	rgb(116, 42, 24)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 79.3%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.94, 31.49, 28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.94, 42.15, 41.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0891 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.109 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1962, 5.4360, 1.4816)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742A18 #186274

analogous

#741834 #742A18 #745818

triadic

#742A18 #18742A #2A1874

tetradic

#742A18 #347418 #186274 #581874

square

#742A18 #347418 #186274 #581874

split-complementary

#742A18 #187458 #183474

monochromatic

#190905 #41180E #742A18 #A73C22 #D55232

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#742A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#742A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742A18

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742A18	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#801826

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 42, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.109 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a26756',
    500: '#742a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742a18;
$custom-light: #a26756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.739,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39076,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742A18

secondary

#3F94A9

accent

#C7E93F

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #742A18

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

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