#742E36#742E36

#742E36 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.099 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E36
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 53.4%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 31.56, 10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 33.30, 18.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.095 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.099 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8460, 5.9344, 4.1689)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#742E36 #2E746C

analogous

#742E59 #742E36 #74492E

triadic

#742E36 #36742E #2E3674

tetradic

#742E36 #59742E #2E746C #492E74

square

#742E36 #59742E #2E746C #492E74

split-complementary

#742E36 #2E7449 #2E5974

monochromatic

#1C0B0D #481D22 #742E36 #A03F4A #BF5D69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#742E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#742E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E36

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E36	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F2331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.099 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06a6c',
    500: '#742e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e36;
$custom-light: #a06a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40228,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E36

secondary

#59A59D

accent

#D3C555

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#0F0607

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E36

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

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