#79231A#79231A

#79231A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.121 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79231A
RGB	rgb(121, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 78.5%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.69, 36.79, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.69, 45.54, 36.11°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.1054 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.121 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6736, 5.3429, 1.5516)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79231A #1A7079

analogous

#791A41 #79231A #79531A

triadic

#79231A #1A7923 #231A79

tetradic

#79231A #41791A #1A7079 #531A79

square

#79231A #41791A #1A7079 #531A79

split-complementary

#79231A #1A7953 #1A4179

monochromatic

#190705 #47140F #79231A #AB3225 #D44839

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#79231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#79231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79231A

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79231A	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#860722

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.121 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a76457',
    500: '#79231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79231a;
$custom-light: #a76457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.684,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39073,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79231A

secondary

#41A3AD

accent

#D8E840

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #79231A

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

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