Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Wine Red

Wine Red is a balanced red color with HEX #722F37. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 114, 47, 55, HSL 353, 42%, 32%, warm temperature, and is useful for branding accents, editorial palettes, and product design.

#722F37 red warm balanced
HEX #722F37
RGB rgb(114, 47, 55)
HSL hsl(353 42% 32%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 59, 52, 55)
Luminance 0.0589
Contrast Black 2.18:1White 9.64:1

CSS Utilities

--color-wine-red: #722F37;
.bg-wine-red { background-color: #722F37; }
.text-wine-red { color: #722F37; }
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Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0589
Black text2.18:1AA Fail
White text9.64:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    47,
    55
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    42,
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}
WCAG
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}
Harmonies
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  ]
}
Variants
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  "saturated": "#861D2A",
  "desaturated": "#624145",
  "pastel": "#AF747B",
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}
Pairings
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}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  "name": "Wine Red",
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    "editorial palettes",
    "product design"
  ],
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      "intensity",
      "attention"
    ],
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      "fashion",
      "food",
      "sports",
      "retail"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
      "low-stimulation wellness interfaces"
    ]
  },
  "aliases": [
    "wine"
  ],
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  "confidence": "medium",
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  },
  "family": "red",
  "temperature": "warm",
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    42,
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Color meaning and use

About Wine Red Color

Wine Red sits in the red family with warm temperature and balanced visual character. Wine Red is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include energy, intensity, and attention, which makes it relevant for fashion and food. In design work, Wine Red is most useful for branding accents, editorial palettes, and product design, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Red color familyBrowse named red colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Balanced colorsFind colors with balanced visual character.Wine Red accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #722F37.Wine Red CSS utilitiesUse Wine Red in CSS variables and utility classes.#722F37 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Wine Red paletteOpen the generated palette based on Wine Red.Wine Red harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Wine Red against black and white text.

Black text2.18:1AA Fail
White text9.64:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Garnet#733635
Ruby Wine#7B1E3A
Garnet Red#6E1F26
Walnut#5C4033
Bark#5B3A29

Color Harmonies

#2F746C#2F746C
#742F5A#742F5A
#744A2F#744A2F
#37742F#37742F
#2F3774#2F3774
Open full Wine Red harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#B54A56#B54A56
#331518#331518
#861D2A#861D2A
#624145#624145
#AF747B#AF747B
#CC0018#CC0018

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#2F746C#2F746C
#742F5A#742F5A
#744A2F#744A2F
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5