#7A172A#7A172A

#7A172A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.132 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7A172A
RGB	rgb(122, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(348, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(348, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 65.6%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 42.58, 15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 45.18, 19.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.1273 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.132 16)
XYZ	xyz(8.7513, 4.9189, 2.6787)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7A172A #177A67

analogous

#7A175B #7A172A #7A3517

triadic

#7A172A #2A7A17 #172A7A

tetradic

#7A172A #5B7A17 #177A67 #35177A

square

#7A172A #5B7A17 #177A67 #35177A

split-complementary

#7A172A #177A35 #175B7A

monochromatic

#1A0509 #470D18 #7A172A #AD213C #D93353

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#7A172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#7A172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7A172A

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7A172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7A172A	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34322A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7a172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(122, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.132 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a75f63',
    500: '#7a172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7a172a;
$custom-light: #a75f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7a172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 122,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.485,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38309,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.04918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7A172A

secondary

#3EAF99

accent

#EBCA3D

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6EAEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110505

muted

#807979

Preview Lab

Preview with #7A172A

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

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