#791B17#791B17

#791B17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.129 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#791B17
RGB	rgb(121, 27, 23)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 81%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 39.89, 27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 48.37, 34.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.1145 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.129 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4327, 4.9120, 1.3145)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#791B17 #177579

analogous

#791744 #791B17 #794C17

triadic

#791B17 #17791B #1B1779

tetradic

#791B17 #447917 #177579 #4C1779

square

#791B17 #447917 #177579 #4C1779

split-complementary

#791B17 #17794C #174479

monochromatic

#1A0605 #46100D #791B17 #AC2621 #D83932

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#791B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#791B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #791B17

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##791B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##791B17	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #791b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 27, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.129 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a76054',
    500: '#791b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #791b17;
$custom-light: #a76054;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#791b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38159,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#791B17

secondary

#3EA9AE

accent

#E4EB3D

background

#FBF5F4

surface

#F6EAE7

border

#D0C6C3

text

#110503

muted

#807978

Preview Lab

Preview with #791B17

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

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