#72121E#72121E

#72121E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.129 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72121E
RGB	rgb(114, 18, 30)
HSL	hsl(353, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(353, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 40.93, 19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 45.42, 25.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.1204 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.129 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3909, 4.1049, 1.6312)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72121E #127266

analogous

#72124E #72121E #723612

triadic

#72121E #1E7212 #121E72

tetradic

#72121E #4E7212 #127266 #361272

square

#72121E #4E7212 #127266 #361272

split-complementary

#72121E #127236 #124E72

monochromatic

#1A0407 #3D0A10 #72121E #A71A2C #DC233A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#72121E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#72121E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72121E

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72121E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72121E	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48401B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72121e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 18, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.129 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25b59',
    500: '#72121e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72121e;
$custom-light: #a25b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72121e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36091,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72121E

secondary

#37A99B

accent

#EFD938

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72121E

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

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