#7C242C#7C242C

#7C242C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.121 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C242C
RGB	rgb(124, 36, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 64.5%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 38.45, 16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 41.94, 23.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.1142 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.121 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3986, 5.7300, 2.9935)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C242C #247C74

analogous

#7C2458 #7C242C #7C4824

triadic

#7C242C #2C7C24 #242C7C

tetradic

#7C242C #587C24 #247C74 #48247C

square

#7C242C #587C24 #247C74 #48247C

split-complementary

#7C242C #247C48 #24587C

monochromatic

#1D080A #4D161B #7C242C #AB323D #CC4F5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#7C242C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#7C242C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7C242C

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C242C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7C242C	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#880E28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c242c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 36, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.121 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a86565',
    500: '#7c242c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c242c;
$custom-light: #a86565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c242c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40044,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C242C

secondary

#4DAEA6

accent

#DED149

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110605

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C242C

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

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