#78161B#78161B

#78161B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.132 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78161B
RGB	rgb(120, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(357, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 77.5%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.71, 41.45, 23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.71, 47.88, 30.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.1205 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.132 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2314, 4.6473, 1.5003)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78161B #167873

analogous

#78164C #78161B #784216

triadic

#78161B #1B7816 #161B78

tetradic

#78161B #4C7816 #167873 #421678

square

#78161B #4C7816 #167873 #421678

split-complementary

#78161B #167842 #164C78

monochromatic

#1A0506 #440D0F #78161B #AC1F27 #D92F38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#78161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#78161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78161B

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78161B	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#342F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#850019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.132 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a75e57',
    500: '#78161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78161b;
$custom-light: #a75e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.939,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37559,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78161B

secondary

#3CADA8

accent

#ECE33C

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6E9E9

border

#D0C5C5

text

#110503

muted

#807978

Preview Lab

Preview with #78161B

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

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