#78272D#78272D

#78272D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.113 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78272D
RGB	rgb(120, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 62.5%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, 35.75, 15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 39.01, 23.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.72% 0.1064 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(39.72% 0.113 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9457, 5.6348, 3.0987)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78272D #277872

analogous

#782755 #78272D #784927

triadic

#78272D #2D7827 #272D78

tetradic

#78272D #557827 #277872 #492778

square

#78272D #557827 #277872 #492778

split-complementary

#78272D #277849 #275578

monochromatic

#1C090A #4A181C #78272D #A6363E #C7525B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#78272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#78272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78272D

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78272D	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C382D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50492B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84162A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.113 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a46665',
    500: '#78272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78272d;
$custom-light: #a46665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39721,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78272D

secondary

#51AAA3

accent

#DAD04D

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100605

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #78272D

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

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