#72142A#72142A

#72142A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.127 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72142A
RGB	rgb(114, 20, 42)
HSL	hsl(346, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(346, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 63.2%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 41.05, 12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 42.80, 16.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.1236 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.127 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6083, 4.2460, 2.6090)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72142A #14725C

analogous

#721459 #72142A #722D14

triadic

#72142A #2A7214 #142A72

tetradic

#72142A #597214 #14725C #2D1472

square

#72142A #597214 #14725C #2D1472

split-complementary

#72142A #14722D #145972

monochromatic

#1A050A #3E0B17 #72142A #A61D3D #D92751

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#72142A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#72142A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72142A

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72142A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72142A	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72142a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 20, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.127 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a15c63',
    500: '#72142a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72142a;
$custom-light: #a15c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72142a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.957,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36502,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72142A

secondary

#39A88E

accent

#EDC33B

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100405

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #72142A

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

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