#78171D#78171D

#78171D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.131 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78171D
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 29)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 75.8%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, 41.22, 22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 47.12, 28.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% 0.1202 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.131 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2749, 4.6959, 1.6328)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78171D #177872

analogous

#78174D #78171D #784217

triadic

#78171D #1D7817 #171D78

tetradic

#78171D #4D7817 #177872 #421778

square

#78171D #4D7817 #177872 #421778

split-complementary

#78171D #177842 #174D78

monochromatic

#1A0506 #450D11 #78171D #AB2129 #D8323C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#78171D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#78171D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78171D

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78171D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78171D	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35301C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78171d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.131 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a65e59',
    500: '#78171d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78171d;
$custom-light: #a65e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78171d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.289,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37676,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78171D

secondary

#3EADA6

accent

#EBE03D

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6E9E9

border

#D0C5C5

text

#110503

muted

#807978

Preview Lab

Preview with #78171D

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

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