#72161C#72161C

#72161C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.126 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72161C
RGB	rgb(114, 22, 28)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 75.4%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 39.56, 21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 45.03, 28.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.1156 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.126 23)
XYZ	xyz(7.4368, 4.2362, 1.5245)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72161C #16726C

analogous

#72164A #72161C #723E16

triadic

#72161C #1C7216 #161C72

tetradic

#72161C #4A7216 #16726C #3E1672

square

#72161C #4A7216 #16726C #3E1672

split-complementary

#72161C #16723E #164A72

monochromatic

#1A0506 #3F0C0F #72161C #A52029 #D62C37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#72161C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#72161C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72161C

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72161C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72161C	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72161c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 22, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.126 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25d58',
    500: '#72161c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72161c;
$custom-light: #a25d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72161c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.087,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36394,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.04235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72161C

secondary

#3CA8A1

accent

#EBDF3D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100403

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72161C

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

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