#78171C#78171C

#78171C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.131 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78171C
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 28)
HSL	hsl(357, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 76.7%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 41.17, 23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 47.39, 29.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% 0.1198 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.131 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2627, 4.6910, 1.5688)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78171C #177873

analogous

#78174C #78171C #784217

triadic

#78171C #1C7817 #171C78

tetradic

#78171C #4C7817 #177873 #421778

square

#78171C #4C7817 #177873 #421778

split-complementary

#78171C #177842 #174C78

monochromatic

#1A0506 #450D10 #78171C #AB2128 #D8323A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#78171C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#78171C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78171C

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78171C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78171C	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35301B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78171c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.131 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a65e58',
    500: '#78171c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78171c;
$custom-light: #a65e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78171c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.907,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37661,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78171C

secondary

#3EADA7

accent

#EBE23D

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6E9E9

border

#D0C5C5

text

#110503

muted

#807978

Preview Lab

Preview with #78171C

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

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