Bordeaux #7B002C

About this color

#7B002C is a dark, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 37%, its chroma 0.149 and its hue 11°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Bordeaux. White text reads best on it, at 11.17:1.

Colors that go with Bordeaux

Matches found by rotating Bordeaux around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Bordeaux

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Bordeaux, closest first.

• Mistletoe Feast
• Evergreen Lights
• Candy Cane Garland
• Pinecone and Holly
• Mistletoe Fireside
• Candy Cane Stockings
• Sapphire Casket
• Garnet Treasury

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Bordeaux, with their ΔE distance.

• Wine Red #7B0323 ΔE 0.014
• Merlot #730039 ΔE 0.030
• Wine #80013F ΔE 0.032
• Red Wine #8C0034 ΔE 0.040
• Red Purple #820747 ΔE 0.045
• Blood #770001 ΔE 0.048
• Maroon #800000 ΔE 0.048
• Claret #680018 ΔE 0.051

More about Bordeaux

• Shades of red
• What red means

How to make Bordeaux

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts red
• 1 part black

Recipe result: #602B30, a difference of ΔE 0.072 from Bordeaux. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make red? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Bordeaux in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Bordeaux

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 900.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FFF2F3

   oklch(97.2% 0.014 12)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FFE2E4

   oklch(93.7% 0.032 13)

3. Step 200

   200

   #FFC9CF

   oklch(88.5% 0.062 10.9)

4. Step 300

   300

   #FFA2AF

   oklch(80.9% 0.111 10.8)

5. Step 400

   400

   #FA6985

   oklch(70.7% 0.178 11)

6. Step 500

   500

   #F22E66

   oklch(63.1% 0.228 11.2)

7. Step 600

   600

   #D40052

   oklch(55.5% 0.222 11)

8. Step 700

   700

   #B40044

   oklch(49.1% 0.196 11.2)

9. Step 800

   800

   #950037

   oklch(42.8% 0.171 11.1)

10. Step 900

    900 (this color)

    #7B002C

    oklch(37.2% 0.149 11.1)

11. Step 950

    950

    #4A091B

    oklch(27.1% 0.095 10.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Bordeaux with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.