#72161B#72161B

#72161B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.126 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72161B
RGB	rgb(114, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 76.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 39.51, 22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 45.29, 29.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.1152 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.126 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4250, 4.2315, 1.4625)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72161B #16726D

analogous

#721649 #72161B #723F16

triadic

#72161B #1B7216 #161B72

tetradic

#72161B #497216 #16726D #3F1672

square

#72161B #497216 #16726D #3F1672

split-complementary

#72161B #16723F #164972

monochromatic

#1A0506 #3F0C0F #72161B #A52027 #D62C35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#72161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#72161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72161B

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72161B	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)

#322D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.126 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25d57',
    500: '#72161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72161b;
$custom-light: #a25d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.739,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36378,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72161B

secondary

#3CA8A2

accent

#EBE13D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72161B

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

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