#72121A#72121A

#72121A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.129 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72121A
RGB	rgb(114, 18, 26)
HSL	hsl(355, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(355, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 77.2%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 40.74, 22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 46.43, 28.66°)
OKLab	oklab(36.03% 0.1188 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(36.03% 0.129 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3431, 4.0858, 1.3791)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72121A #12726A

analogous

#72124A #72121A #723A12

triadic

#72121A #1A7212 #121A72

tetradic

#72121A #4A7212 #12726A #3A1272

square

#72121A #4A7212 #12726A #3A1272

split-complementary

#72121A #12723A #124A72

monochromatic

#1A0406 #3D0A0E #72121A #A71A26 #DC2332

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#72121A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#72121A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72121A

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72121A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72121A	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72121a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 18, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.129 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25b56',
    500: '#72121a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72121a;
$custom-light: #a25b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72121a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36025,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72121A

secondary

#37A99F

accent

#EFE038

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72121A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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