#72161A#72161A

#72161A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.126 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72161A
RGB	rgb(114, 22, 26)
HSL	hsl(357, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 77.2%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.41, 39.46, 22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.41, 45.57, 30.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.1148 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.126 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4137, 4.2270, 1.4026)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72161A #16726E

analogous

#721648 #72161A #724016

triadic

#72161A #1A7216 #161A72

tetradic

#72161A #487216 #16726E #401672

square

#72161A #487216 #16726E #401672

split-complementary

#72161A #167240 #164872

monochromatic

#1A0506 #3F0C0E #72161A #A52026 #D62C34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#72161A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#72161A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72161A

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72161A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72161A	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72161a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 22, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.126 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25c56',
    500: '#72161a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72161a;
$custom-light: #a25c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72161a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36363,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72161A

secondary

#3CA8A3

accent

#EBE33D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72161A

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

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