#72161F#72161F

#72161F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.125 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72161F
RGB	rgb(114, 22, 31)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 72.8%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 39.71, 19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 44.28, 26.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.1168 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.125 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4745, 4.2513, 1.7231)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72161F #167269

analogous

#72164D #72161F #723B16

triadic

#72161F #1F7216 #161F72

tetradic

#72161F #4D7216 #167269 #3B1672

square

#72161F #4D7216 #167269 #3B1672

split-complementary

#72161F #16723B #164D72

monochromatic

#1A0507 #3F0C11 #72161F #A5202D #D62C3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#72161F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#72161F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72161F

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72161F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72161F	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48411C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72161f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 22, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.125 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a15d5a',
    500: '#72161f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72161f;
$custom-light: #a15d5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72161f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.13,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36445,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72161F

secondary

#3CA89D

accent

#EBDA3D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72161F

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

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