Palettes / Colors / #7A100B

#7A100B — Deep Vivid Red

#7A100B is a red color we call Deep Vivid Red, closest to the named color Maroon (#800000). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: maroon (#800000) — not an exact match. CSS maroon gives you #800000, a different color; use #7A100B when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#7A100B is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #0B7479; it also sits naturally between #790B3D and #79480B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 48% · Green 6% · Blue 4%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 87% · Yellow 91% · Key 52%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #7A100B

.text { color: #7A100B; }
.background { background-color: #7A100B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #7A100B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(122, 16, 11); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(3, 83%, 26%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #7A100B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(122, 16, 11, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #7A100B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(122, 16, 11, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#7A100B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#7A100B">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #0B7479:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #7A100B: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #7A100B

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #7A100B looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #7A100B rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #7A100B?

#7A100B is Deep Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 122, 16, 11). Its closest standard named color is Maroon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #7A100B?

#7A100B is RGB 122, 16, 11 — HSL 3°, 83%, 26% — CMYK 0%, 87%, 91%, 52%.

What colors go with #7A100B?

Its complement is #0B7479; analogous partners are #790B3D and #79480B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #7A100B for text?

White text on #7A100B has a contrast ratio of 11.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.91:1.