#742E34#742E34

#742E34 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.099 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E34
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 52)
HSL	hsl(355, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(355, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 55.2%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, 31.37, 11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 33.54, 20.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0941 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.099 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8000, 5.9160, 3.9266)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E34 #2E746E

analogous

#742E57 #742E34 #744B2E

triadic

#742E34 #34742E #2E3474

tetradic

#742E34 #57742E #2E746E #4B2E74

square

#742E34 #57742E #2E746E #4B2E74

split-complementary

#742E34 #2E744B #2E5774

monochromatic

#1C0B0D #481D20 #742E34 #A03F48 #BF5D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#742E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#742E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E34

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E34	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F2331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.099 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06a6b',
    500: '#742e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e34;
$custom-light: #a06a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40178,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E34

secondary

#59A59F

accent

#D3C855

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#0F0606

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E34

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

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