#78171A#78171A

#78171A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.131 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78171A
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 78.3%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 41.08, 24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 47.94, 31.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% 0.1191 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.131 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2396, 4.6817, 1.4469)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78171A #177875

analogous

#78174A #78171A #784417

triadic

#78171A #1A7817 #171A78

tetradic

#78171A #4A7817 #177875 #441778

square

#78171A #4A7817 #177875 #441778

split-complementary

#78171A #177844 #174A78

monochromatic

#1A0506 #450D0F #78171A #AB2125 #D83237

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#78171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#78171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78171A

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78171A	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#850019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.131 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a75e56',
    500: '#78171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78171a;
$custom-light: #a75e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.144,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37631,
    "c": 0.13124,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78171A

secondary

#3EADAA

accent

#EBE53D

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6E9E9

border

#D0C5C5

text

#110503

muted

#807978

Preview Lab

Preview with #78171A

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

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