#7C242D#7C242D

#7C242D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.121 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C242D
RGB	rgb(124, 36, 45)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 63.7%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 38.52, 16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 41.75, 22.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.1147 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.121 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4176, 5.7376, 3.0937)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C242D #247C73

analogous

#7C2459 #7C242D #7C4724

triadic

#7C242D #2D7C24 #242D7C

tetradic

#7C242D #597C24 #247C73 #47247C

square

#7C242D #597C24 #247C73 #47247C

split-complementary

#7C242D #247C47 #24597C

monochromatic

#1D080B #4D161C #7C242D #AB323E #CC4F5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#7C242D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#7C242D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7C242D

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C242D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7C242D	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#880E28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c242d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 36, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.121 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a86565',
    500: '#7c242d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c242d;
$custom-light: #a86565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c242d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.864,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40065,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C242D

secondary

#4DAEA4

accent

#DECF49

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F5EBEB

border

#CFC6C6

text

#110605

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C242D

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

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