#72161E#72161E

#72161E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.125 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72161E
RGB	rgb(114, 22, 30)
HSL	hsl(355, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 39.66, 20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 44.52, 27.03°)
OKLab	oklab(36.43% 0.1164 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(36.43% 0.125 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4615, 4.2461, 1.6547)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72161E #16726A

analogous

#72164C #72161E #723C16

triadic

#72161E #1E7216 #161E72

tetradic

#72161E #4C7216 #16726A #3C1672

square

#72161E #4C7216 #16726A #3C1672

split-complementary

#72161E #16723C #164C72

monochromatic

#1A0507 #3F0C11 #72161E #A5202B #D62C3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#72161E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#72161E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72161E

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#322E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49411B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72161e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 22, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.125 21.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72161e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.783,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36428,
    "c": 0.12537,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72161E

secondary

#3CA89E

accent

#EBDB3D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72161E

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

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