#742E1F#742E1F

#742E1F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.102 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E1F
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 31)
HSL	hsl(11, 58%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 73.3%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.82, 29.78, 24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.82, 38.76, 39.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.77% 0.0853 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(39.77% 0.102 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4276, 5.7670, 1.9654)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E1F #1F6574

analogous

#741F3B #742E1F #74591F

triadic

#742E1F #1F742E #2E1F74

tetradic

#742E1F #3B741F #1F6574 #591F74

square

#742E1F #3B741F #1F6574 #591F74

split-complementary

#742E1F #1F7459 #1F3B74

monochromatic

#180A06 #441B12 #742E1F #A4412C #CC5A41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#742E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#742E1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E1F

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E1F	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#801F2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.102 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2695b',
    500: '#742e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e1f;
$custom-light: #a2695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 57.823,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39765,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E1F

secondary

#4797A8

accent

#C6E147

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100604

muted

#7F7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E1F

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

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