BASIC RED 76
Official label name (INCI name, EU glossary of cosmetic ingredient names), No 3096
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
BASIC RED 76: Allowed with restrictions, maximum 2.0% in the ready-for-use preparation, only in: Hair dye substance non-oxidative hair dye products (Annex III, entry 267), under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
In plain words
What it is used for
Functions declared by manufacturers:
Hair dyeing: colours hair.
What the rules say
Allowed, with restrictions: Annex III sets a maximum concentration and the product types allowed. Ingredient lists do not give quantities, so the concentration cannot be checked on the label.
The text of the annexes
Allowed with restrictions
- Entry
- Annex III, No 267
- Substance
- [7-Hydroxy-8-[(2- methoxyphenyl)azo]-2-naphthyl]trimethylammonium chloride
- Glossary names
- BASIC RED 76
- CAS
- 68391-30-0
- EC
- 269-941-4
- Product type
- Hair dye substance non-oxidative hair dye products
- Maximum concentration
- 2,0 %
Dates in the act (5)
- Application from 11 July 2013
It shall apply from 11 July 2013.
- Entry into force on 11 July 2013
- Entry into force on 27 November 2013
- Application from 1 July 2014
However, the following provisions in the Annex shall apply from 1 July 2014: (a) the provisions in column ‘i’ of point 1 and of points 3 to 9 relating to the use of the substances in products intended for colouring eyelashes; (b) points 2 and 10.
- Entry into force on 1 July 2014
Excerpts from the English text published in the Official Journal. A date may concern only some substances of the act: the excerpt says so.
Identity
- CosIng identifier
- 32080
- CAS (according to CosIng)
- 68391-30-0
- EC (according to CosIng)
- 269-941-4
- Declared functions
- Hair dyeing
- Wikidata
- Q27277331
- ECHA InfoCard
- 100.063.564
- InChIKey
- HSWXSHNPRUMJKI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Elsewhere in the world
Information on other jurisdictions. What is covered, and what is not yet.
United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Allowed with restrictions (Annex III)
Same entries as in the European Union. Conditions (concentrations, warnings) may differ: they are not compared here.
Switzerland
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 applies in Switzerland (Article 54 of the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles).
United States, federal rules
None of the integrated sections of the federal code (21 CFR 700.11 to 700.27 and 250.250) targets this name. The FDA does not publish a list of allowed ingredients.
South Korea
- Allowed colorant: 염기성적색 76 호 (Basic Red 76) CI 12245 (Basic Red 76)
색소 고시 별표 1 (allowed colorants), entry 105, page 6. Limit: 2%. Conditions (source text, in Korean): 염모용 화장품에만 사용 | ◎ 사용한도 2% | 비고: 타르색소
Australia
- Subject to conditions (threshold, labelling or packaging): BASIC RED 76
Poisons Standard, Schedule 6 (cosmetic entries), page 240. Thresholds cited: 2% or less | 0.001% or less. Conditions (source text): (CAS No. 68391-30-0) in non-oxidative hair dye preparations and eyebrow/eyelash colouring products containing 2% or less of Basic Red 76 and 0.001% or less of free o-anisidine.
Recorded cosmetics that contain it
2 recorded products list it, according to Open Beauty Facts contributors. Records are dated: the formula may have changed. See the list (page in French).
Glossary: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175. Page updated on 21 October 2026.