#79212B#79212B

#79212B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.121 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79212B
RGB	rgb(121, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 64.5%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.65, 38.61, 15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.65, 41.76, 22.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.1149 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.121 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8660, 5.3283, 2.8467)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79212B #21796F

analogous

#792157 #79212B #794321

triadic

#79212B #2B7921 #212B79

tetradic

#79212B #577921 #21796F #432179

square

#79212B #577921 #21796F #432179

split-complementary

#79212B #217943 #215779

monochromatic

#190709 #49141A #79212B #A92E3C #CD4757

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#79212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#79212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79212B

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79212B	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38362B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#850925

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.121 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a66364',
    500: '#79212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79212b;
$custom-light: #a66364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.182,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39131,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79212B

secondary

#4AACA1

accent

#E0CF47

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBEA

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100605

muted

#7F7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #79212B

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

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