#7E231C#7E231C

#7E231C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.126 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E231C
RGB	rgb(126, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 77.8%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.70, 38.67, 27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.70, 47.17, 34.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.1111 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.126 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4159, 5.7229, 1.7072)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E231C #1C777E

analogous

#7E1C46 #7E231C #7E541C

triadic

#7E231C #1C7E23 #231C7E

tetradic

#7E231C #467E1C #1C777E #541C7E

square

#7E231C #467E1C #1C777E #541C7E

split-complementary

#7E231C #1C7E54 #1C467E

monochromatic

#1A0706 #4C1511 #7E231C #B03127 #D54A40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#7E231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#7E231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E231C

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E231C	1.00	9.79	2.14	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B0322

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.126 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab6458',
    500: '#7e231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e231c;
$custom-light: #ab6458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40021,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E231C

secondary

#44AAB2

accent

#DBE741

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E231C

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

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