#742E39#742E39

#742E39 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.099 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742E39
RGB	rgb(116, 46, 57)
HSL	hsl(351, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(351, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 50.9%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.32, 31.86, 8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.32, 33.04, 15.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0963 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.099 13)
XYZ	xyz(8.9186, 5.9634, 4.5515)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742E39 #2E7469

analogous

#742E5C #742E39 #74462E

triadic

#742E39 #39742E #2E3974

tetradic

#742E39 #5C742E #2E7469 #462E74

square

#742E39 #5C742E #2E7469 #462E74

split-complementary

#742E39 #2E7446 #2E5C74

monochromatic

#1C0B0E #481D23 #742E39 #A03F4F #BF5D6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#742E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#742E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742E39

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742E39	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E2432

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 46, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.099 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06a6f',
    500: '#742e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742e39;
$custom-light: #a06a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.571,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40308,
    "c": 0.09886,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.05962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742E39

secondary

#59A599

accent

#D3BF55

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEC

border

#CEC6C7

text

#0F0707

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #742E39

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

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