#79172E#79172E

#79172E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.132 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79172E
RGB	rgb(121, 23, 46)
HSL	hsl(346, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 62%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 42.54, 12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 44.26, 16.01°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.1281 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.132 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6856, 4.8763, 3.0681)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79172E #177962

analogous

#79175F #79172E #793117

triadic

#79172E #2E7917 #172E79

tetradic

#79172E #5F7917 #177962 #311779

square

#79172E #5F7917 #177962 #311779

split-complementary

#79172E #177931 #175F79

monochromatic

#1A050A #460D1A #79172E #AC2142 #D83259

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#79172E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#79172E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79172E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79172E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79172E	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33322E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C462B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#850021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79172e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 23, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.132 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a65f66',
    500: '#79172e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79172e;
$custom-light: #a65f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79172e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.918,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38208,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79172E

secondary

#3EAE94

accent

#EBC23D

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4EAEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #79172E

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

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