#78231B#78231B

#78231B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.120 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78231B
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 77.5%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.51, 36.47, 25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.51, 44.77, 35.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.9% 0.1048 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(38.9% 0.12 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5455, 5.2755, 1.6050)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78231B #1B7078

analogous

#781B42 #78231B #78521B

triadic

#78231B #1B7823 #231B78

tetradic

#78231B #42781B #1B7078 #521B78

square

#78231B #42781B #1B7078 #521B78

split-complementary

#78231B #1B7852 #1B4278

monochromatic

#190706 #461410 #78231B #AA3226 #D3483B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#78231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#78231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78231B

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78231B	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#840822

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.120 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a66358',
    500: '#78231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78231b;
$custom-light: #a66358;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.161,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38902,
    "c": 0.11985,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78231B

secondary

#43A3AC

accent

#D8E641

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #78231B

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

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