#742E1A#742E1A

#742E1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.104 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E1A
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 26)
HSL	hsl(13, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(13, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 77.6%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.75, 29.52, 27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.75, 40.49, 43.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% 0.0834 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.104 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3668, 5.7427, 1.6450)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E1A #1A6074

analogous

#741A33 #742E1A #745B1A

triadic

#742E1A #1A742E #2E1A74

tetradic

#742E1A #33741A #1A6074 #5B1A74

square

#742E1A #33741A #1A6074 #5B1A74

split-complementary

#742E1A #1A745B #1A3374

monochromatic

#190A06 #421A0F #742E1A #A64225 #D25936

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#742E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#742E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E1A

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E1A	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#801E2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.104 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a26957',
    500: '#742e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e1a;
$custom-light: #a26957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39697,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E1A

secondary

#4192A9

accent

#C2E641

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E1A

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

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