#79172A#79172A

#79172A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.131 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79172A
RGB	rgb(121, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(348, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(348, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 65.3%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 42.27, 14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 44.78, 19.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.12% 0.1265 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(38.12% 0.131 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6104, 4.8462, 2.6721)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79172A #177966

analogous

#79175B #79172A #793517

triadic

#79172A #2A7917 #172A79

tetradic

#79172A #5B7917 #177966 #351779

square

#79172A #5B7917 #177966 #351779

split-complementary

#79172A #177935 #175B79

monochromatic

#1A0509 #460D18 #79172A #AC213C #D83252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#79172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#79172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79172A

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79172A	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.131 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a65f63',
    500: '#79172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79172a;
$custom-light: #a65f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.367,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38115,
    "c": 0.13142,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79172A

secondary

#3EAE98

accent

#EBC93D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F5EAEA

border

#CFC6C6

text

#110505

muted

#807979

Preview Lab

Preview with #79172A

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

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