Wine Red Color
Wine Red is a pink color with hex code #7B0323. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with wine red, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Wine Red Color Values
What Does Wine Red Mean?
Wine Red belongs to the pink family of colors. Pinks are red with the volume turned down. Soft ones read as gentle and personal; hot ones shout happily. Beauty packaging owns the pastel end, youth brands own the neon end, and dusty millennial pink had its entire decade. Being on the dark side, Wine Red adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Wine Red is classified as a red (nearest centroid: deep red, #841B2D).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Wine Red
Wine Red and #037C5C are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #7C0360 and #7C1F03, which sit beside wine red on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair wine red with triadic partners #237C03 and #03237C. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
CSS Examples
.text { color: #7B0323; }
.background { background-color: #7B0323; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7B0323; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #7B032340; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for wine red?
Wine Red has the hex code #7B0323. In RGB notation it is rgb(123, 3, 35), in HSL it is hsl(344, 95%, 25%), and its OKLCH value is 0.372, 0.146, 16.6.
What does the color wine red mean?
Pink-family colors like wine red carry distinct psychological associations. Wine Red belongs to the pink family of colors. Pinks are red with the volume turned down. Soft ones read as gentle and personal; hot ones shout happily. Beauty packaging owns the pastel end, youth brands own the neon end, and dusty millennial pink had its entire decade. Being on the dark side, Wine Red adds weight and depth. It suits text, shadows, and grounding elements more than wide-open backgrounds.
What colors go with wine red?
Wine Red has three easy routes: its complement #037C5C for punch, its neighbors #7C0360 and #7C1F03 for something calmer, or triadic partners #237C03 and #03237C when you want energy.
Is wine red a standard web color?
No — Wine Red is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #7B0323 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make wine red lighter or darker?
To lighten wine red, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FDC3D3 (lightest tint) to #140106 (darkest shade).
About Wine Red
Wine Red is classified as a Red in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Pink hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #7B0323 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.