#79171B#79171B

#79171B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.132 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79171B
RGB	rgb(121, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 77.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.03, 41.45, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.03, 48.09, 30.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.84% 0.1203 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(37.84% 0.132 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3904, 4.7582, 1.5133)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79171B #177975

analogous

#79174C #79171B #794417

triadic

#79171B #1B7917 #171B79

tetradic

#79171B #4C7917 #177975 #441779

square

#79171B #4C7917 #177975 #441779

split-complementary

#79171B #177944 #174C79

monochromatic

#1A0506 #460D10 #79171B #AC2126 #D83239

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#79171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#79171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79171B

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79171B	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35301A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.132 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a75e57',
    500: '#79171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79171b;
$custom-light: #a75e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.551,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37842,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79171B

secondary

#3EAEA9

accent

#EBE43D

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6EAE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110503

muted

#807978

Preview Lab

Preview with #79171B

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

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