#78172D#78172D

#78172D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.131 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78172D
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 45)
HSL	hsl(346, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 62.5%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 42.16, 12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 43.99, 16.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.1269 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.131 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5267, 4.7966, 2.9590)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78172D #177862

analogous

#78175D #78172D #783217

triadic

#78172D #2D7817 #172D78

tetradic

#78172D #5D7817 #177862 #321778

square

#78172D #5D7817 #177862 #321778

split-complementary

#78172D #177832 #175D78

monochromatic

#1A050A #450D1A #78172D #AB2140 #D83257

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#78172D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#78172D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78172D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78172D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78172D	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32312D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B452A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#840020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78172d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.131 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a55e65',
    500: '#78172d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78172d;
$custom-light: #a55e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78172d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.392,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37992,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78172D

secondary

#3EAD94

accent

#EBC33D

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4EAEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #78172D

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

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