#7E171B#7E171B

#7E171B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.137 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E171B
RGB	rgb(126, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(358, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(358, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 78.6%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.10, 43.04, 25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.10, 50.22, 31.00°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.1247 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.137 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1095, 5.1290, 1.5470)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E171B #177E7A

analogous

#7E174F #7E171B #7E4717

triadic

#7E171B #1B7E17 #171B7E

tetradic

#7E171B #4F7E17 #177E7A #47177E

square

#7E171B #4F7E17 #177E7A #47177E

split-complementary

#7E171B #177E47 #174F7E

monochromatic

#1A0506 #4A0E10 #7E171B #B22026 #DA353C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#7E171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#7E171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E171B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E171B	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.137 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab5f57',
    500: '#7e171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e171b;
$custom-light: #ab5f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.67,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38822,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E171B

secondary

#3EB3AE

accent

#ECE53C

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6EAE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120503

muted

#817978

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E171B

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

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