#78271E#78271E

#78271E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.115 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78271E
RGB	rgb(120, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 75%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, 34.79, 24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 42.80, 35.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.45% 0.1002 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(39.45% 0.115 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7065, 5.5391, 1.8387)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78271E #1E6F78

analogous

#781E42 #78271E #78541E

triadic

#78271E #1E7827 #271E78

tetradic

#78271E #42781E #1E6F78 #541E78

square

#78271E #42781E #1E6F78 #541E78

split-complementary

#78271E #1E7854 #1E4278

monochromatic

#180806 #471712 #78271E #A9372A #CF4F41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#78271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#78271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78271E

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78271E	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52491B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#841225

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.115 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5665a',
    500: '#78271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78271e;
$custom-light: #a5665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3945,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78271E

secondary

#46A2AC

accent

#D3E345

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#110604

muted

#807A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #78271E

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

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