#79242E#79242E

#79242E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.118 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79242E
RGB	rgb(121, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 62%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 37.54, 14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 40.29, 21.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.1121 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.118 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0100, 5.5252, 3.1763)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79242E #24796F

analogous

#792458 #79242E #794424

triadic

#79242E #2E7924 #242E79

tetradic

#79242E #587924 #24796F #442479

square

#79242E #587924 #24796F #442479

split-complementary

#79242E #247944 #245879

monochromatic

#1B080A #4A161C #79242E #A83240 #CA4D5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#79242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#79242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79242E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79242E	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A372E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F492C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#851128

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.118 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a56466',
    500: '#79242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79242e;
$custom-light: #a56466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 54.14,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39547,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79242E

secondary

#4DACA0

accent

#DECC4A

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100606

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #79242E

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

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