#79282B#79282B

#79282B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.113 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79282B
RGB	rgb(121, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 50%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 64.5%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 35.50, 17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 39.52, 26.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.99% 0.1051 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(39.99% 0.113 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0809, 5.7582, 2.9183)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79282B #287976

analogous

#792854 #79282B #794E28

triadic

#79282B #2B7928 #282B79

tetradic

#79282B #547928 #287976 #4E2879

square

#79282B #547928 #287976 #4E2879

split-complementary

#79282B #28794E #285479

monochromatic

#1D0A0A #4B191B #79282B #A7373B #C75559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#79282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#79282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79282B

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79282B	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D392A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85172A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.113 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a56764',
    500: '#79282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79282b;
$custom-light: #a56764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 50.311,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39985,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79282B

secondary

#52ABA8

accent

#DAD54E

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBEA

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100605

muted

#7F7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #79282B

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

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