#78171E#78171E

#78171E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.131 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78171E
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 75%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.87, 41.26, 22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.87, 46.86, 28.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.1206 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.131 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2874, 4.7009, 1.6990)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78171E #177871

analogous

#78174E #78171E #784017

triadic

#78171E #1E7817 #171E78

tetradic

#78171E #4E7817 #177871 #401778

square

#78171E #4E7817 #177871 #401778

split-complementary

#78171E #177840 #174E78

monochromatic

#1A0506 #450D11 #78171E #AB212B #D8323E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#78171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#78171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78171E

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78171E	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34301D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.131 22.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.67,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37692,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78171E

secondary

#3EADA5

accent

#EBDE3D

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6EAE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110503

muted

#807978

Preview Lab

Preview with #78171E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →