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#7E0C19 — Deep Vivid Red

#7E0C19 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 #7E0C19 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.

#7E0C19 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 #0C7E71; it also sits naturally between #7E0C52 and #7E380C. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#7E0C19 · RGB 126, 12, 25

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Color values

HEX#7E0C19
RGB126, 12, 25
HSL353°, 83%, 27%
HSV353°, 90%, 49%
CMYK0%, 90%, 80%, 51%
XYZ8.91, 4.77, 1.37
Yxy4.77, 0.5921, 0.3169
CIE-Lab26.07, 45.83, 26.00
Hunter Lab21.84, 36.36, 10.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 49% · Green 5% · Blue 10%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 90% · Yellow 80% · Key 51%

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

Previews

Sample text in #7E0C19 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #7E0C19 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #7E0C19

.text { color: #7E0C19; }
.background { background-color: #7E0C19; }
.border { border: 3px solid #7E0C19; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(126, 12, 25); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(353, 83%, 27%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #7E0C19; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(126, 12, 25, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #7E0C19; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(126, 12, 25, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#7E0C19">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#7E0C19">Div content here</div>

Shades of #7E0C19

#750B17#670A14#5D0913#540811#4B070F#3D060C#33050A#2A0408#1C0306#130204

Tints of #7E0C19

#9F0F20#BF1226#E0152D#EB2D43#EF4E60#F16A79#F48A97#F7ABB4#FACCD1#FDECEE

Tones of #7E0C19

#76141F#6D1C26#65242C#5E2C32#553438#4D3D3F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0C7E71:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text10.75:1 AAA
Against black text1.95:1 Fails

Best text color on #7E0C19: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #7E0C19

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #7E0C19: ·

How #7E0C19 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #4D4C16Deuteranopia · #535C15Tritanopia · #781313

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:

Material Brown 500 · #795548Tailwind stone 600 · #57534EBootstrap dark · #212529

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #7E0C19 rather than the exact color:

Velvet Ruby
#790D16 · #E5D3AF · #F5EFE1 · #AEC4D4
Hidden Cinder
#8E1A60 · #7A1519 · #B36915 · #ABB91F
Palette Ecf8f9
#ECF8F9 · #068DA9 · #7E1717 · #E55807
Palette 191919
#191919 · #750E21 · #E3651D · #BED754
Crystal Marble
#AE1479 · #731116 · #6C4512 · #778C10
Electric Garden
#8B0F1A · #ED5258 · #1CE7D4 · #A5F0E6

Similar colors

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

#790D16#7A1519#7E1717#750E21#731116#8B0F1A#800020#7D0A0A#780C28#791128#8A1817#6D071A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #7E0C18  ·  #7E0C1A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #7E0C19?

#7E0C19 is Deep Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 126, 12, 25). Its closest standard named color is Maroon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #7E0C19?

#7E0C19 is RGB 126, 12, 25 — HSL 353°, 83%, 27% — CMYK 0%, 90%, 80%, 51%.

What colors go with #7E0C19?

Its complement is #0C7E71; analogous partners are #7E0C52 and #7E380C. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #7E0C19 for text?

White text on #7E0C19 has a contrast ratio of 10.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.95:1.