#742E35#742E35

#742E35 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.099 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E35
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 53)
HSL	hsl(354, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(354, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 54.3%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, 31.47, 11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 33.41, 19.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% 0.0946 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.099 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8228, 5.9251, 4.0465)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E35 #2E746D

analogous

#742E58 #742E35 #744A2E

triadic

#742E35 #35742E #2E3574

tetradic

#742E35 #58742E #2E746D #4A2E74

square

#742E35 #58742E #2E746D #4A2E74

split-complementary

#742E35 #2E744A #2E5874

monochromatic

#1C0B0D #481D21 #742E35 #A03F49 #BF5D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#742E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#742E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E35

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E35	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F2331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.099 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06a6c',
    500: '#742e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e35;
$custom-light: #a06a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40203,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E35

secondary

#59A59E

accent

#D3C655

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#0F0606

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E35

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

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