#79172D#79172D

#79172D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.132 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79172D
RGB	rgb(121, 23, 45)
HSL	hsl(347, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(347, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 62.8%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.36, 42.47, 12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.36, 44.37, 16.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.18% 0.1277 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(38.18% 0.132 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6661, 4.8685, 2.9655)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79172D #177963

analogous

#79175E #79172D #793217

triadic

#79172D #2D7917 #172D79

tetradic

#79172D #5E7917 #177963 #321779

square

#79172D #5E7917 #177963 #321779

split-complementary

#79172D #177932 #175E79

monochromatic

#1A050A #460D1A #79172D #AC2140 #D83258

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#79172D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#79172D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79172D

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79172D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79172D	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C462A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#850020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79172d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 23, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.132 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a65f65',
    500: '#79172d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79172d;
$custom-light: #a65f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79172d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.531,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38184,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79172D

secondary

#3EAE95

accent

#EBC43D

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4EAEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #79172D

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

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