#79272E#79272E

#79272E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.114 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79272E
RGB	rgb(121, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 62%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 36.19, 15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 39.28, 22.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% 0.1078 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.114 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.1047, 5.7145, 3.2078)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79272E #277972

analogous

#792757 #79272E #794927

triadic

#79272E #2E7927 #272E79

tetradic

#79272E #577927 #277972 #492779

square

#79272E #577927 #277972 #492779

split-complementary

#79272E #277949 #275779

monochromatic

#1C090B #4B181C #79272E #A73640 #C8535D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#79272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#79272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79272E

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79272E	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C392E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85162A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.114 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a56666',
    500: '#79272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79272e;
$custom-light: #a56666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.878,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3992,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79272E

secondary

#51ABA3

accent

#DBCF4D

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100606

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #79272E

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

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