#7B172A#7B172A

#7B172A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.133 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7B172A
RGB	rgb(123, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(349, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(349, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 65.9%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.71, 42.89, 15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.71, 45.58, 19.78°)
OKLab	oklab(38.5% 0.1282 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(38.5% 0.133 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8936, 4.9923, 2.6853)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7B172A #177B68

analogous

#7B175C #7B172A #7B3617

triadic

#7B172A #2A7B17 #172A7B

tetradic

#7B172A #5C7B17 #177B68 #36177B

square

#7B172A #5C7B17 #177B68 #36177B

split-complementary

#7B172A #177B36 #175C7B

monochromatic

#1A0509 #470D18 #7B172A #AF213C #D93353

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#7B172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#7B172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7B172A

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7B172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7B172A	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34322A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7b172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(123, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.133 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a85f63',
    500: '#7b172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7b172a;
$custom-light: #a85f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7b172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 123,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.6,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38502,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7B172A

secondary

#3EB09A

accent

#EBCA3C

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6EAEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110505

muted

#807979

Preview Lab

Preview with #7B172A

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

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