#72161D#72161D

#72161D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.125 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72161D
RGB	rgb(114, 22, 29)
HSL	hsl(355, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 74.6%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 39.61, 20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 44.77, 27.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.116 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.125 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4490, 4.2411, 1.5886)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72161D #16726B

analogous

#72164B #72161D #723D16

triadic

#72161D #1D7216 #161D72

tetradic

#72161D #4B7216 #16726B #3D1672

square

#72161D #4B7216 #16726B #3D1672

split-complementary

#72161D #16723D #164B72

monochromatic

#1A0507 #3F0C10 #72161D #A5202A #D62C39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#72161D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#72161D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72161D

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72161D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72161D	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49411A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72161d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 22, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.125 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25d59',
    500: '#72161d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72161d;
$custom-light: #a25d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72161d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.435,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36411,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72161D

secondary

#3CA8A0

accent

#EBDD3D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72161D

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

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