#78272E#78272E

#78272E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.113 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78272E
RGB	rgb(120, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 61.7%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, 35.83, 14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 38.83, 22.69°)
OKLab	oklab(39.74% 0.1068 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(39.74% 0.113 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9652, 5.6426, 3.2013)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78272E #277871

analogous

#782756 #78272E #784827

triadic

#78272E #2E7827 #272E78

tetradic

#78272E #567827 #277871 #482778

square

#78272E #567827 #277871 #482778

split-complementary

#78272E #277848 #275678

monochromatic

#1C090B #4A181C #78272E #A63640 #C7525D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#78272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#78272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78272E

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78272E	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)

#3B382E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50492C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#84162A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.113 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a46666',
    500: '#78272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78272e;
$custom-light: #a46666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.815,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39743,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78272E

secondary

#51AAA2

accent

#DACE4D

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100606

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #78272E

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

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