#79171E#79171E

#79171E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.132 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79171E
RGB	rgb(121, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 75.2%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.08, 41.58, 22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.08, 47.28, 28.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.89% 0.1215 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(37.89% 0.132 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4269, 4.7728, 1.7056)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79171E #177972

analogous

#79174F #79171E #794117

triadic

#79171E #1E7917 #171E79

tetradic

#79171E #4F7917 #177972 #411779

square

#79171E #4F7917 #177972 #411779

split-complementary

#79171E #177941 #174F79

monochromatic

#1A0506 #460D11 #79171E #AC212B #D8323E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#79171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#79171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79171E

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79171E	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)

#35301D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.132 22.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37887,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79171E

secondary

#3EAEA6

accent

#EBDE3D

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6EAE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110503

muted

#807978

Preview Lab

Preview with #79171E

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

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