Nearest-color comparison

Garnet Red vs Ruby Wine

Garnet Red and Ruby Wine are different red and pink colors with HEX values #6E1F26 and #7B1E3A. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 23.9, their contrast ratio is 1.11:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Garnet Red and Ruby Wine are very close colors. Ruby Wine is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.11:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Garnet Red#6E1F26

Ruby Wine#7B1E3A

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Garnet Red and Ruby Wine across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance23.9

Pair contrast1.11:1

Luminance delta0.0101

Hue delta13 deg

Lighter colorRuby Wine

More saturatedRuby Wine

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

red color

Garnet Red

Garnet Red is #6E1F26, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Ruby Wine, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#6E1F26 RGB110, 31, 38 HSL355, 56, 28 CMYK0, 72, 65, 57 Luminance0.0443 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

pink color

Ruby Wine

Ruby Wine is #7B1E3A, a warm pink color with balanced character. Compared with Garnet Red, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#7B1E3A RGB123, 30, 58 HSL342, 61, 30 CMYK0, 76, 53, 52 Luminance0.0544 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Garnet Red or Ruby Wine

Choose Garnet RedGarnet Red is better when the design needs balanced red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #6E1F26.

Choose Ruby WineRuby Wine is better when the design needs balanced pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #7B1E3A.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyGarnet RedRuby Wine

HEX#6E1F26#7B1E3A

RGB110, 31, 38123, 30, 58

HSL355, 56, 28342, 61, 30

CMYK0, 72, 65, 570, 76, 53, 52

FamilyRedPink

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneBalancedBalanced

Luminance0.04430.0544

Black contrast1.89:12.09:1

White contrast11.13:110.06:1

Shared tonesBalanced

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Garnet Redwhite text - 11.13:1

Ruby Winewhite text - 10.06:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Garnet Red#6E1F26

Ruby Wine#7B1E3A

#B7343F#B7343F

#C5305D#C5305D

#1F6F69#1F6F69

#1E7B5F#1E7B5F

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 11.13
    },
    "description": "Garnet Red is #6E1F26, a warm red color with balanced character. Compared with Ruby Wine, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/garnet-red/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "ruby-wine",
    "name": "Ruby Wine",
    "hex": "#7B1E3A",
    "rgb": [
      123,
      30,
      58
    ],
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      61,
      30
    ],
    "cmyk": [
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      53,
      52
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    "family": "pink",
    "temperature": "warm",
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    ],
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    },
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    },
    "description": "Ruby Wine is #7B1E3A, a warm pink color with balanced character. Compared with Garnet Red, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/ruby-wine/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ruby-wine.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 23.9,
  "contrastRatio": 1.11,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 13,
    "saturation": 5,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0101,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "balanced"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Ruby Wine",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Ruby Wine"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.11,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Garnet Red",
      "background": "#6E1F26",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 11.13
    },
    {
      "color": "Ruby Wine",
      "background": "#7B1E3A",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 10.06
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Ruby Wine is better when the design needs balanced pink character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #7B1E3A.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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