#742F2A#742F2A

#742F2A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.099 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#742F2A
RGB	rgb(116, 47, 42)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 63.8%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, 29.99, 18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 35.16, 31.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.11% 0.0881 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(40.11% 0.099 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6377, 5.9143, 2.8768)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#742F2A #2A6F74

analogous

#742A4A #742F2A #74542A

triadic

#742F2A #2A742F #2F2A74

tetradic

#742F2A #4A742A #2A6F74 #542A74

square

#742F2A #4A742A #2A6F74 #542A74

split-complementary

#742F2A #2A7454 #2A4A74

monochromatic

#1A0B09 #471D1A #742F2A #A1413A #C25E56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#742F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#742F2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #742F2A

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##742F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##742F2A	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)

#403C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F222E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #742f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 47, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.099 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16a63',
    500: '#742f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #742f2a;
$custom-light: #a16a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#742f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.054,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40108,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#742F2A

secondary

#54A0A6

accent

#CDD651

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBEA

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100705

muted

#7F7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #742F2A

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

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