#78281B#78281B

#78281B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.115 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78281B
RGB	rgb(120, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 77.5%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 34.17, 26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 43.50, 38.22°)
OKLab	oklab(39.54% 0.0976 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(39.54% 0.115 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7033, 5.5910, 1.6576)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78281B #1B6B78

analogous

#781B3D #78281B #78571B

triadic

#78281B #1B7828 #281B78

tetradic

#78281B #3D781B #1B6B78 #571B78

square

#78281B #3D781B #1B6B78 #571B78

split-complementary

#78281B #1B7857 #1B3D78

monochromatic

#190806 #461710 #78281B #AA3926 #D3503B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#78281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#78281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78281B

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78281B	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524918

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#841325

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.115 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a66658',
    500: '#78281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78281b;
$custom-light: #a66658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.387,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39541,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78281B

secondary

#439DAC

accent

#CFE641

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F5EBE9

border

#CFC6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #78281B

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

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