#7E2222#7E2222

#7E2222 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.127 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E2222
RGB	rgb(126, 34, 34)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 73%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, 39.38, 23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 45.70, 30.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.1147 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.127 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4660, 5.6966, 2.1142)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E2222 #227E7E

analogous

#7E2250 #7E2222 #7E5022

triadic

#7E2222 #227E22 #22227E

tetradic

#7E2222 #507E22 #227E7E #50227E

square

#7E2222 #507E22 #227E7E #50227E

split-complementary

#7E2222 #227E50 #22507E

monochromatic

#1E0808 #4E1515 #7E2222 #AE2F2F #CF4C4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#7E2222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#7E2222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E2222

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E2222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E2222	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B0323

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e2222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 34, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.127 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa645d',
    500: '#7e2222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e2222;
$custom-light: #aa645d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e2222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39996,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E2222

secondary

#4BB1B1

accent

#E1E147

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110604

muted

#807A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E2222

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

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