#7C1D07

A dark, vivid red closely aligning with Maroon.

About #7C1D07

At its core, #7C1D07 is a dark and vivid hue. Designers often compare it to the standard color Maroon. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 124, 29, and 7.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 77% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 11.3° hue, 89.3% saturation, and 25.7% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#7C1D07
RGB124, 29, 7
HSL11.3°, 89.3%, 25.7%
CMYK0%, 77%, 94%, 51%
HSV11.3°, 94.4%, 48.6%
LAB27.2, 39.7, 36.4
XYZ8.8, 5.2, 0.7
Decimal8133895

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

10.32:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AAA
2.04:1
Text on #000000
FAIL
9.86:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AAA
1.73:1
Text on #0F172A
FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #7C1D07; }
.text-color { color: #7C1D07; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #7C1D07; }

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