#72151B#72151B

#72151B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.127 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72151B
RGB	rgb(114, 21, 27)
HSL	hsl(356, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(356, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.6%, 76.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 39.84, 22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 45.52, 28.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.1162 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.127 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4063, 4.1940, 1.4563)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72151B #15726C

analogous

#72154A #72151B #723E15

triadic

#72151B #1B7215 #151B72

tetradic

#72151B #4A7215 #15726C #3E1572

square

#72151B #4A7215 #15726C #3E1572

split-complementary

#72151B #15723E #154A72

monochromatic

#1A0506 #3E0B0F #72151B #A61F27 #D82A35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#72151B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#72151B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72151B

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72151B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72151B	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72151b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 21, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.127 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25c57',
    500: '#72151b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72151b;
$custom-light: #a25c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72151b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.129,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36289,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72151B

secondary

#3BA8A1

accent

#ECE03C

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72151B

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

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