#74221b

Color #74221b

A moderately saturated dark red.

Closest named color Maroon #800000 · ΔE 18.4 Nearest Tailwind class red-900 #82181a · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#74221b

RGB

rgb(116, 34, 27)

HSL

hsl(4.7, 62.2%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(4.7, 76.7%, 45.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 76.7%, 54.5%)

LAB

lab(26.56, 35.45, 24.69)

LCH

lch(26.56, 43.2, 34.86)

OKLCH

oklch(38%, 0.1163, 28.61)

HWB

hwb(4.7, 10.6%, 54.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1b6d74

Analogous

#741b40

#74221b

#744e1b

Triadic

#74221b

#1b7422

#221b74

Split-complementary

#74221b

#1b744e

#1b4074

Tetradic

#74221b

#6d741b

#1b6d74

#221b74

Square

#74221b

#40741b

#1b6d74

#4e1b74

Shades

Color #74221b mixed toward black.

#611c16

#4d1712

#3a110d

#270b09

#130604

Tints

Color #74221b mixed toward white.

#a53027

#d14438

#dc736a

#e8a29c

#f3d0cd

Tones

Color #74221b mixed toward gray.

#6c2822

#652e2a

#5e3531

#563b39

#4f4140

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.57:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.99:1

White text reads better on this background (10.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#5c5b1d · ΔE 34.4

Deuteranopia

#5f641d · ΔE 38

Tritanopia

#721e1f · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#3f3f3f · ΔE 23.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #74221b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#74221b]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#74221b (#74221b) is rgb(116, 34, 27) in RGB.

No, #74221b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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