#7C242A#7C242A

#7C242A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.121 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C242A
RGB	rgb(124, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 66.1%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 38.31, 18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 42.33, 25.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.1134 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.121 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3619, 5.7153, 2.8002)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C242A #247C76

analogous

#7C2456 #7C242A #7C4A24

triadic

#7C242A #2A7C24 #242A7C

tetradic

#7C242A #567C24 #247C76 #4A247C

square

#7C242A #567C24 #247C76 #4A247C

split-complementary

#7C242A #247C4A #24567C

monochromatic

#1D080A #4D161A #7C242A #AB323A #CC4F57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#7C242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#7C242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7C242A

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7C242A	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C382A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#880D27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.121 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a86563',
    500: '#7c242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c242a;
$custom-light: #a86563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40003,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C242A

secondary

#4DAEA8

accent

#DED449

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110605

muted

#807A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C242A

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

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