#79281B#79281B

#79281B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.116 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79281B
RGB	rgb(121, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 77.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.55, 34.55, 27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.55, 43.96, 38.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.72% 0.0987 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(39.72% 0.116 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8427, 5.6629, 1.6641)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79281B #1B6C79

analogous

#791B3D #79281B #79571B

triadic

#79281B #1B7928 #281B79

tetradic

#79281B #3D791B #1B6C79 #571B79

square

#79281B #3D791B #1B6C79 #571B79

split-complementary

#79281B #1B7957 #1B3D79

monochromatic

#190806 #471710 #79281B #AB3926 #D3503B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#79281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#79281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79281B

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79281B	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#861325

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.116 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a66658',
    500: '#79281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79281b;
$custom-light: #a66658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.298,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39719,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79281B

secondary

#439EAD

accent

#D0E741

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #79281B

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

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