#742B18#742B18

#742B18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.108 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742B18
RGB	rgb(116, 43, 24)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 79.3%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.14, 30.98, 28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.14, 41.91, 42.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.0875 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.108 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2321, 5.5078, 1.4936)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742B18 #186174

analogous

#741833 #742B18 #745918

triadic

#742B18 #18742B #2B1874

tetradic

#742B18 #337418 #186174 #591874

square

#742B18 #337418 #186174 #591874

split-complementary

#742B18 #187459 #183374

monochromatic

#190905 #41180E #742B18 #A73E22 #D55332

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#742B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#742B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742B18

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742B18	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#801A27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 43, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.108 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a26756',
    500: '#742b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742b18;
$custom-light: #a26756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.391,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39222,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742B18

secondary

#3F93A9

accent

#C6E93F

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #742B18

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

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