#7C242B#7C242B

#7C242B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.121 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C242B
RGB	rgb(124, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 65.3%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 38.38, 17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 42.13, 24.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.1138 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.121 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3800, 5.7226, 2.8957)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C242B #247C75

analogous

#7C2457 #7C242B #7C4924

triadic

#7C242B #2B7C24 #242B7C

tetradic

#7C242B #577C24 #247C75 #49247C

square

#7C242B #577C24 #247C75 #49247C

split-complementary

#7C242B #247C49 #24577C

monochromatic

#1D080A #4D161B #7C242B #AB323B #CC4F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#7C242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#7C242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7C242B

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7C242B	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#880D27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.121 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a86564',
    500: '#7c242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c242b;
$custom-light: #a86564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.227,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40023,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C242B

secondary

#4DAEA7

accent

#DED249

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110605

muted

#807A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C242B

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

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