#7E231D#7E231D

#7E231D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.126 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E231D
RGB	rgb(126, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 77%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 38.72, 26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 46.87, 34.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.03% 0.1115 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(40.03% 0.126 28)
XYZ	xyz(9.4280, 5.7278, 1.7713)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E231D #1D787E

analogous

#7E1D48 #7E231D #7E531D

triadic

#7E231D #1D7E23 #231D7E

tetradic

#7E231D #487E1D #1D787E #531D7E

square

#7E231D #487E1D #1D787E #531D7E

split-complementary

#7E231D #1D7E53 #1D487E

monochromatic

#1B0706 #4C1512 #7E231D #B03128 #D34B42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#7E231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#7E231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E231D

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E231D	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B0422

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.126 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab6459',
    500: '#7e231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e231d;
$custom-light: #ab6459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.711,
    "s": 62.581,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40034,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.05726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E231D

secondary

#45ABB1

accent

#DCE642

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E231D

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

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