#7E231E#7E231E

#7E231E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.126 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E231E
RGB	rgb(126, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 76.2%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 38.76, 25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 46.57, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.1119 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.126 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4406, 5.7328, 1.8375)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E231E #1E797E

analogous

#7E1E49 #7E231E #7E531E

triadic

#7E231E #1E7E23 #231E7E

tetradic

#7E231E #497E1E #1E797E #531E7E

square

#7E231E #497E1E #1E797E #531E7E

split-complementary

#7E231E #1E7E53 #1E497E

monochromatic

#1B0806 #4D1512 #7E231E #AF312A #D24B44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#7E231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#7E231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E231E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E231E	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B0423

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.126 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa645a',
    500: '#7e231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e231e;
$custom-light: #aa645a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.125,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40048,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E231E

secondary

#47ACB1

accent

#DCE543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E231E

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

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