#79231E#79231E

#79231E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.120 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79231E
RGB	rgb(121, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 75.2%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.74, 36.98, 24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.74, 44.32, 33.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% 0.1069 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.12 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7215, 5.3620, 1.8038)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79231E #1E7479

analogous

#791E46 #79231E #79511E

triadic

#79231E #1E7923 #231E79

tetradic

#79231E #46791E #1E7479 #511E79

square

#79231E #46791E #1E7479 #511E79

split-complementary

#79231E #1E7951 #1E4679

monochromatic

#190706 #481512 #79231E #AA312A #D04941

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#79231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#79231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79231E

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79231E	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B361D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51481B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#850823

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.120 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6645a',
    500: '#79231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79231e;
$custom-light: #a6645a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.297,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39129,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79231E

secondary

#46A7AD

accent

#DBE344

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #79231E

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

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