#78231E#78231E

#78231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.119 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78231E
RGB	rgb(120, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 75%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 36.62, 24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 43.87, 33.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% 0.1059 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.119 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5820, 5.2901, 1.7972)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78231E #1E7378

analogous

#781E46 #78231E #78501E

triadic

#78231E #1E7823 #231E78

tetradic

#78231E #46781E #1E7378 #501E78

square

#78231E #46781E #1E7378 #501E78

split-complementary

#78231E #1E7850 #1E4678

monochromatic

#180706 #471512 #78231E #A9312A #CF4941

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#78231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#78231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78231E

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78231E	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B351D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50481B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#840923

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.119 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6635a',
    500: '#78231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78231e;
$custom-light: #a6635a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38945,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78231E

secondary

#46A6AC

accent

#DAE345

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F5EBE9

border

#CFC6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #78231E

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

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