#78172B#78172B

#78172B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.130 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78172B
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(348, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(348, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 64.2%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 42.02, 13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 44.24, 18.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% 0.126 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.13 15)
XYZ	xyz(8.4891, 4.7815, 2.7610)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78172B #177864

analogous

#78175B #78172B #783317

triadic

#78172B #2B7817 #172B78

tetradic

#78172B #5B7817 #177864 #331778

square

#78172B #5B7817 #177864 #331778

split-complementary

#78172B #177833 #175B78

monochromatic

#1A0509 #450D19 #78172B #AB213D #D83254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#78172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#78172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78172B

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78172B	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#840020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.130 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a55e64',
    500: '#78172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78172b;
$custom-light: #a55e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.629,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37945,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.0478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78172B

secondary

#3EAD96

accent

#EBC73D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAEA

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #78172B

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

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