#7E231B#7E231B

#7E231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.127 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E231B
RGB	rgb(126, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 78.6%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 38.63, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 47.48, 35.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% 0.1108 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.127 29)
XYZ	xyz(9.4041, 5.7182, 1.6452)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E231B #1B767E

analogous

#7E1B45 #7E231B #7E541B

triadic

#7E231B #1B7E23 #231B7E

tetradic

#7E231B #457E1B #1B767E #541B7E

square

#7E231B #457E1B #1B767E #541B7E

split-complementary

#7E231B #1B7E54 #1B457E

monochromatic

#190705 #4C1510 #7E231B #B03126 #D64A3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#7E231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#7E231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E231B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E231B	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)

#3D3719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B0322

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.127 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab6458',
    500: '#7e231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e231b;
$custom-light: #ab6458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.848,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40008,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.05717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E231B

secondary

#43A9B2

accent

#DAE840

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E231B

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

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