#78172F#78172F

#78172F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.131 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78172F
RGB	rgb(120, 23, 47)
HSL	hsl(345, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(345, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 60.8%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 42.31, 11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 43.77, 14.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.1277 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.131 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5661, 4.8124, 3.1666)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78172F #177860

analogous

#78175F #78172F #783017

triadic

#78172F #2F7817 #172F78

tetradic

#78172F #5F7817 #177860 #301778

square

#78172F #5F7817 #177860 #301778

split-complementary

#78172F #177830 #175F78

monochromatic

#1A050A #450D1B #78172F #AB2143 #D8325B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#78172F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#78172F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78172F

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78172F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78172F	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32312F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B452C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#840021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78172f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 23, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.131 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a55e67',
    500: '#78172f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78172f;
$custom-light: #a55e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78172f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.155,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38041,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78172F

secondary

#3EAD92

accent

#EBC03D

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4EAEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100506

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #78172F

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

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