#72121B#72121B

#72121B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.129 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72121B
RGB	rgb(114, 18, 27)
HSL	hsl(354, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(354, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 76.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 40.79, 21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 46.17, 27.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.1192 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.129 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3544, 4.0903, 1.4390)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72121B #127269

analogous

#72124B #72121B #723912

triadic

#72121B #1B7212 #121B72

tetradic

#72121B #4B7212 #127269 #391272

square

#72121B #4B7212 #127269 #391272

split-complementary

#72121B #127239 #124B72

monochromatic

#1A0406 #3D0A0E #72121B #A71A28 #DC2334

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#72121B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#72121B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72121B

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72121B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72121B	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0017

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72121b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 18, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.129 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25b57',
    500: '#72121b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72121b;
$custom-light: #a25b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72121b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.375,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36041,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72121B

secondary

#37A99E

accent

#EFDE38

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72121B

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

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