#78271B#78271B

#78271B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.116 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78271B
RGB	rgb(120, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 77.5%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 34.65, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 43.75, 37.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.0991 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.116 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.6700, 5.5245, 1.6465)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78271B #1B6C78

analogous

#781B3E #78271B #78561B

triadic

#78271B #1B7827 #271B78

tetradic

#78271B #3E781B #1B6C78 #561B78

square

#78271B #3E781B #1B6C78 #561B78

split-complementary

#78271B #1B7856 #1B3E78

monochromatic

#190806 #461710 #78271B #AA3726 #D34E3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#78271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#78271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78271B

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78271B	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#841125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.116 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a66658',
    500: '#78271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78271b;
$custom-light: #a66658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.742,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39408,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78271B

secondary

#439FAC

accent

#D1E641

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F5EBE9

border

#CFC6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #78271B

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

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