#79231B#79231B

#79231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.121 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79231B
RGB	rgb(121, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 77.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.70, 36.83, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.70, 45.23, 35.47°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% 0.1058 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.121 29)
XYZ	xyz(8.6850, 5.3474, 1.6115)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79231B #1B7179

analogous

#791B42 #79231B #79521B

triadic

#79231B #1B7923 #231B79

tetradic

#79231B #42791B #1B7179 #521B79

square

#79231B #42791B #1B7179 #521B79

split-complementary

#79231B #1B7952 #1B4279

monochromatic

#190706 #471510 #79231B #AB3126 #D3483B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#79231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#79231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79231B

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79231B	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)

#3C3519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#860722

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.121 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a76458',
    500: '#79231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79231b;
$custom-light: #a76458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.106,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39086,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.05346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79231B

secondary

#43A4AD

accent

#D8E741

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #79231B

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

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