#72141B#72141B

#72141B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.127 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72141B
RGB	rgb(114, 20, 27)
HSL	hsl(356, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(356, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 76.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 40.17, 21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 45.74, 28.58°)
OKLab	oklab(36.2% 0.1173 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(36.2% 0.127 23)
XYZ	xyz(7.3883, 4.1580, 1.4503)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72141B #14726B

analogous

#72144A #72141B #723C14

triadic

#72141B #1B7214 #141B72

tetradic

#72141B #4A7214 #14726B #3C1472

square

#72141B #4A7214 #14726B #3C1472

split-complementary

#72141B #14723C #144A72

monochromatic

#1A0506 #3E0B0F #72141B #A61D27 #D92735

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#72141B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#72141B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72141B

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72141B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72141B	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72141b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 20, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.127 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25c57',
    500: '#72141b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72141b;
$custom-light: #a25c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72141b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.532,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36203,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.04157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72141B

secondary

#39A8A0

accent

#EDE03B

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72141B

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

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