#78281E#78281E

#78281E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.114 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78281E
RGB	rgb(120, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(7, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(7, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 75%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 34.32, 25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 42.54, 36.21°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% 0.0987 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.114 30)
XYZ	xyz(8.7398, 5.6056, 1.8498)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78281E #1E6E78

analogous

#781E41 #78281E #78551E

triadic

#78281E #1E7828 #281E78

tetradic

#78281E #41781E #1E6E78 #551E78

square

#78281E #41781E #1E6E78 #551E78

split-complementary

#78281E #1E7855 #1E4178

monochromatic

#180806 #471812 #78281E #A9382A #CF5141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#78281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#78281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78281E

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78281E	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E381C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52491B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#841426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.114 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5665a',
    500: '#78281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78281e;
$custom-light: #a5665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39582,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.05604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78281E

secondary

#46A0AC

accent

#D2E345

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100604

muted

#7F7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #78281E

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

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