Palettes / Colors / #7C1904

#7C1904 — Deep Vivid Red

#7C1904 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 #7C1904 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.

#7C1904 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 #04667C; it also sits naturally between #7C042A and #7C5604. 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 49% · Green 10% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 80% · Yellow 97% · Key 51%

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

Previews

CSS code for #7C1904

.text { color: #7C1904; }
.background { background-color: #7C1904; }
.border { border: 3px solid #7C1904; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(124, 25, 4); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(11, 94%, 25%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #7C1904; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(124, 25, 4, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #7C1904; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(124, 25, 4, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#7C1904">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#7C1904">Div content here</div>

Shades of #7C1904

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #04667C:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #7C1904: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #7C1904

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 #7C1904 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 #7C1904 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

← #7C1903  ·  #7C1905 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #7C1904?

#7C1904 is Deep Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 124, 25, 4). Its closest standard named color is Maroon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #7C1904?

#7C1904 is RGB 124, 25, 4 — HSL 11°, 94%, 25% — CMYK 0%, 80%, 97%, 51%.

What colors go with #7C1904?

Its complement is #04667C; analogous partners are #7C042A and #7C5604. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #7C1904 for text?

White text on #7C1904 has a contrast ratio of 10.51:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.00:1.