#78172C#78172C

#78172C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.130 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78172C
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 44)
HSL	hsl(347, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(347, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 63.3%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 42.09, 13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 44.11, 17.39°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.1264 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.13 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5076, 4.7890, 2.8588)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78172C #177863

analogous

#78175C #78172C #783217

triadic

#78172C #2C7817 #172C78

tetradic

#78172C #5C7817 #177863 #321778

square

#78172C #5C7817 #177863 #321778

split-complementary

#78172C #177832 #175C78

monochromatic

#1A0509 #450D19 #78172C #AB213F #D83256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#78172C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#78172C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78172C

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78172C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78172C	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32312C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#840020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78172c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.130 14.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78172c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.01,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37968,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78172C

secondary

#3EAD95

accent

#EBC53D

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4EAEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #78172C

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

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