#78172A#78172A

#78172A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.130 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78172A
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(348, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(348, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 65%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.08, 41.95, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.08, 44.38, 19.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.1256 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.13 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4709, 4.7743, 2.6655)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78172A #177865

analogous

#78175A #78172A #783417

triadic

#78172A #2A7817 #172A78

tetradic

#78172A #5A7817 #177865 #341778

square

#78172A #5A7817 #177865 #341778

split-complementary

#78172A #177834 #175A78

monochromatic

#1A0509 #450D18 #78172A #AB213C #D83252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#78172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#78172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78172A

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78172A	1.00	10.74	1.95	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.130 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a55e63',
    500: '#78172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78172a;
$custom-light: #a55e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.247,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37922,
    "c": 0.13041,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78172A

secondary

#3EAD97

accent

#EBC93D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAEA

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #78172A

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

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