#742E1B#742E1B

#742E1B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.104 H 36.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E1B
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 27)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 76.7%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, 29.57, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 40.14, 42.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% 0.0838 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.104 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3781, 5.7472, 1.7048)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E1B #1B6174

analogous

#741B34 #742E1B #745A1B

triadic

#742E1B #1B742E #2E1B74

tetradic

#742E1B #34741B #1B6174 #5A1B74

square

#742E1B #34741B #1B6174 #5A1B74

split-complementary

#742E1B #1B745A #1B3474

monochromatic

#190A06 #421A0F #742E1B #A64227 #D15939

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#742E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#742E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E1B

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E1B	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)

#413A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#801F2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.104 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a26958',
    500: '#742e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e1b;
$custom-light: #a26958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.809,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3971,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E1B

secondary

#4293A9

accent

#C3E542

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E1B

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