#79231C#79231C

#79231C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.121 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79231C
RGB	rgb(121, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 76.9%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.72, 36.88, 25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.72, 44.92, 34.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% 0.1062 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.121 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6968, 5.3521, 1.6735)
Luminance	0.0535 (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

#79231C #1C7279

analogous

#791C44 #79231C #79521C

triadic

#79231C #1C7923 #231C79

tetradic

#79231C #44791C #1C7279 #521C79

square

#79231C #44791C #1C7279 #521C79

split-complementary

#79231C #1C7952 #1C4479

monochromatic

#190706 #471510 #79231C #AB3128 #D2483D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#79231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#79231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79231C

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79231C	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B361B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#860822

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.121 28.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.516,
    "s": 62.416,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.391,
    "c": 0.12081,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79231C

secondary

#44A5AD

accent

#D9E542

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #79231C

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

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