#742E2C#742E2C

#742E2C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.099 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E2C
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 44)
HSL	hsl(2, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 62.1%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, 30.67, 16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 35.00, 28.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.0907 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.099 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6348, 5.8499, 3.0568)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E2C #2C7274

analogous

#742C4E #742E2C #74522C

triadic

#742E2C #2C742E #2E2C74

tetradic

#742E2C #4E742C #2C7274 #522C74

square

#742E2C #4E742C #2C7274 #522C74

split-complementary

#742E2C #2C7452 #2C4E74

monochromatic

#1B0B0A #481C1B #742E2C #A0403D #C05D5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#742E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#742E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E2C

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E2C	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F212E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.099 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16a65',
    500: '#742e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e2c;
$custom-light: #a16a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39996,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E2C

secondary

#56A3A6

accent

#D1D553

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100605

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

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