#72121F#72121F

#72121F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.129 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72121F
RGB	rgb(114, 18, 31)
HSL	hsl(352, 73%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(352, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 72.8%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.03, 40.99, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.03, 45.19, 24.91°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.1209 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.129 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4039, 4.1101, 1.6995)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72121F #127265

analogous

#72124F #72121F #723512

triadic

#72121F #1F7212 #121F72

tetradic

#72121F #4F7212 #127265 #351272

square

#72121F #4F7212 #127265 #351272

split-complementary

#72121F #127235 #124F72

monochromatic

#1A0407 #3D0A11 #72121F #A71A2D #DC233C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#72121F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#72121F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72121F

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72121F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72121F	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)

#302C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47401C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72121f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 18, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.129 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25b5a',
    500: '#72121f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72121f;
$custom-light: #a25b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72121f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.875,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36109,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72121F

secondary

#37A999

accent

#EFD738

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72121F

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

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