#7E172B#7E172B

#7E172B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.136 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E172B
RGB	rgb(126, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(348, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(348, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.7%, 65.9%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.36, 43.88, 15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.36, 46.61, 19.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.1% 0.1311 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(39.1% 0.136 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3476, 5.2242, 2.8012)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E172B #177E6A

analogous

#7E175F #7E172B #7E3717

triadic

#7E172B #2B7E17 #172B7E

tetradic

#7E172B #5F7E17 #177E6A #37177E

square

#7E172B #5F7E17 #177E6A #37177E

split-complementary

#7E172B #177E37 #175F7E

monochromatic

#1A0509 #4A0E19 #7E172B #B2203D #DA3555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#7E172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#7E172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E172B

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E172B	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35332B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.136 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa5f64',
    500: '#7e172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e172b;
$custom-light: #aa5f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.35,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39103,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E172B

secondary

#3EB39C

accent

#ECCA3C

background

#FBF5F5

surface

#F6EAEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#110505

muted

#807979

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E172B

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

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