#79171D#79171D

#79171D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.132 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79171D
RGB	rgb(121, 23, 29)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 76%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 41.54, 23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 47.55, 29.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.1211 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.132 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4143, 4.7678, 1.6394)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79171D #177973

analogous

#79174E #79171D #794217

triadic

#79171D #1D7917 #171D79

tetradic

#79171D #4E7917 #177973 #421779

square

#79171D #4E7917 #177973 #421779

split-complementary

#79171D #177942 #174E79

monochromatic

#1A0506 #460D11 #79171D #AC2129 #D8323C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#79171D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#79171D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79171D

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79171D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79171D	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35301C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79171d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 23, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.132 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a75e59',
    500: '#79171d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79171d;
$custom-light: #a75e59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79171d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.327,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37872,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79171D

secondary

#3EAEA7

accent

#EBE03D

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6EAE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110503

muted

#807978

Preview Lab

Preview with #79171D

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

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