#72142B#72142B

#72142B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.127 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72142B
RGB	rgb(114, 20, 43)
HSL	hsl(345, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(345, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.5%, 62.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 41.12, 11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 42.69, 15.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.124 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.127 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6264, 4.2533, 2.7044)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72142B #14725B

analogous

#72145A #72142B #722C14

triadic

#72142B #2B7214 #142B72

tetradic

#72142B #5A7214 #14725B #2C1472

square

#72142B #5A7214 #14725B #2C1472

split-complementary

#72142B #14722C #145A72

monochromatic

#1A050A #3E0B17 #72142B #A61D3F #D92753

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#72142B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#72142B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72142B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72142B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72142B	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72142b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 20, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.127 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a15c64',
    500: '#72142b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72142b;
$custom-light: #a15c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72142b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.319,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36527,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72142B

secondary

#39A88D

accent

#EDC13B

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100405

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #72142B

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

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