#79171A#79171A

#79171A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.132 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79171A
RGB	rgb(121, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 78.5%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 41.41, 25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 48.37, 31.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.12 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.132 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3790, 4.7536, 1.4534)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79171A #177976

analogous

#79174B #79171A #794517

triadic

#79171A #1A7917 #171A79

tetradic

#79171A #4B7917 #177976 #451779

square

#79171A #4B7917 #177976 #451779

split-complementary

#79171A #177945 #174B79

monochromatic

#1A0506 #460D0F #79171A #AC2125 #D83237

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#79171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#79171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79171A

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79171A	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#860019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.132 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a75e56',
    500: '#79171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79171a;
$custom-light: #a75e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.163,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37828,
    "c": 0.13229,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79171A

secondary

#3EAEAB

accent

#EBE63D

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6EAE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110503

muted

#807978

Preview Lab

Preview with #79171A

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

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