#78172E#78172E

#78172E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.131 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78172E
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 46)
HSL	hsl(346, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 61.7%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 42.23, 11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 43.87, 15.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.02% 0.1273 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(38.02% 0.131 13)
XYZ	xyz(8.5461, 4.8044, 3.0616)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78172E #177861

analogous

#78175E #78172E #783017

triadic

#78172E #2E7817 #172E78

tetradic

#78172E #5E7817 #177861 #301778

square

#78172E #5E7817 #177861 #301778

split-complementary

#78172E #177830 #175E78

monochromatic

#1A050A #450D1A #78172E #AB2142 #D83259

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#78172E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#78172E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78172E

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78172E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78172E	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32312E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B452B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#840021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78172e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.131 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a55e66',
    500: '#78172e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78172e;
$custom-light: #a55e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78172e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.773,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38016,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.04803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78172E

secondary

#3EAD93

accent

#EBC23D

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4EAEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #78172E

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

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