#7E251B#7E251B

#7E251B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.125 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E251B
RGB	rgb(126, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 78.6%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, 37.77, 27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 46.99, 36.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% 0.1081 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.125 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4646, 5.8393, 1.6654)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E251B #1B747E

analogous

#7E1B42 #7E251B #7E571B

triadic

#7E251B #1B7E25 #251B7E

tetradic

#7E251B #427E1B #1B747E #571B7E

square

#7E251B #427E1B #1B747E #571B7E

split-complementary

#7E251B #1B7E57 #1B427E

monochromatic

#190705 #4C1610 #7E251B #B03426 #D64D3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#7E251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#7E251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E251B

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E251B	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B0823

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.125 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab6558',
    500: '#7e251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e251b;
$custom-light: #ab6558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.061,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40242,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E251B

secondary

#43A7B2

accent

#D7E840

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F6EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#110603

muted

#807A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E251B

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

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