#7C242E#7C242E

#7C242E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.121 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C242E
RGB	rgb(124, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 62.9%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, 38.59, 15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 41.58, 21.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.1151 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.121 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4371, 5.7454, 3.1963)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C242E #247C72

analogous

#7C245A #7C242E #7C4624

triadic

#7C242E #2E7C24 #242E7C

tetradic

#7C242E #5A7C24 #247C72 #46247C

square

#7C242E #5A7C24 #247C72 #46247C

split-complementary

#7C242E #247C46 #245A7C

monochromatic

#1D080B #4D161C #7C242E #AB3240 #CC4F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#7C242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#7C242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7C242E

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7C242E	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B382E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#880F28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.121 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a86566',
    500: '#7c242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c242e;
$custom-light: #a86566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40087,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C242E

secondary

#4DAEA3

accent

#DECD49

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F5EBEB

border

#CFC6C6

text

#110606

muted

#807A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C242E

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

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