#742E2E#742E2E

#742E2E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.099 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E2E
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 60.3%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 30.84, 15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 34.56, 26.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.0915 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.099 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6733, 5.8653, 3.2596)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E2E #2E7474

analogous

#742E51 #742E2E #74512E

triadic

#742E2E #2E742E #2E2E74

tetradic

#742E2E #51742E #2E7474 #512E74

square

#742E2E #51742E #2E7474 #512E74

split-complementary

#742E2E #2E7451 #2E5174

monochromatic

#1C0B0B #481D1D #742E2E #A03F3F #BF5D5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#742E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#742E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E2E

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E2E	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F222F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.099 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16a66',
    500: '#742e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e2e;
$custom-light: #a16a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40038,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E2E

secondary

#59A5A5

accent

#D3D355

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#0F0606

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E2E

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

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