#79271B#79271B

#79271B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.117 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79271B
RGB	rgb(121, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 77.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, 35.03, 26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 44.21, 37.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.1001 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.117 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8095, 5.5964, 1.6530)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79271B #1B6D79

analogous

#791B3E #79271B #79561B

triadic

#79271B #1B7927 #271B79

tetradic

#79271B #3E791B #1B6D79 #561B79

square

#79271B #3E791B #1B6D79 #561B79

split-complementary

#79271B #1B7956 #1B3E79

monochromatic

#190806 #471710 #79271B #AB3726 #D34F3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#79271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#79271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79271B

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79271B	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#861125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.117 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a66658',
    500: '#79271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79271b;
$custom-light: #a66658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.66,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39587,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79271B

secondary

#43A0AD

accent

#D1E741

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #79271B

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

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