#7E231A#7E231A

#7E231A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.127 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E231A
RGB	rgb(126, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 79.4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.68, 38.59, 28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.68, 47.79, 36.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40% 0.1104 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.127 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3927, 5.7137, 1.5854)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E231A #1A757E

analogous

#7E1A43 #7E231A #7E551A

triadic

#7E231A #1A7E23 #231A7E

tetradic

#7E231A #437E1A #1A757E #551A7E

square

#7E231A #437E1A #1A757E #551A7E

split-complementary

#7E231A #1A7E55 #1A437E

monochromatic

#190705 #4B1510 #7E231A #B13124 #D74A3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#7E231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#7E231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E231A

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E231A	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B0322

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.127 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab6457',
    500: '#7e231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e231a;
$custom-light: #ab6457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39995,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E231A

secondary

#42A8B2

accent

#D9E93F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E231A

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

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