#742E2D#742E2D

#742E2D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.099 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E2D
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 45)
HSL	hsl(1, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 61.2%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, 30.76, 16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 34.78, 27.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0911 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.099 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6539, 5.8575, 3.1570)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E2D #2D7374

analogous

#742D50 #742E2D #74522D

triadic

#742E2D #2D742E #2E2D74

tetradic

#742E2D #50742D #2D7374 #522D74

square

#742E2D #50742D #2D7374 #522D74

split-complementary

#742E2D #2D7452 #2D5074

monochromatic

#1C0B0B #481D1C #742E2D #A03F3E #C05D5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#742E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#742E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E2D

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E2D	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F222E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.099 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16a65',
    500: '#742e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e2d;
$custom-light: #a16a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.845,
    "s": 44.099,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40017,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E2D

secondary

#57A4A5

accent

#D2D454

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#0F0605

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E2D

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

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