#7E172A#7E172A

#7E172A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.136 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E172A
RGB	rgb(126, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(349, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(349, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 66.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.34, 43.82, 16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.34, 46.77, 20.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.1307 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.136 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3295, 5.2170, 2.7058)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E172A #177E6B

analogous

#7E175E #7E172A #7E3817

triadic

#7E172A #2A7E17 #172A7E

tetradic

#7E172A #5E7E17 #177E6B #38177E

square

#7E172A #5E7E17 #177E6B #38177E

split-complementary

#7E172A #177E38 #175E7E

monochromatic

#1A0509 #4A0E19 #7E172A #B2203B #DA3554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.28

#7E172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#7E172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E172A

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E172A	1.00	10.28	2.04	10.28
#FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35332A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.136 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa5f63',
    500: '#7e172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e172a;
$custom-light: #aa5f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.932,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39082,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E172A

secondary

#3EB39D

accent

#ECCB3C

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6EAEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110505

muted

#807979

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E172A

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

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