#72162B#72162B

#72162B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.125 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72162B
RGB	rgb(114, 22, 43)
HSL	hsl(346, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.7%, 62.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 40.47, 11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 42.15, 16.22°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.1219 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.125 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6632, 4.3268, 2.7167)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72162B #16725D

analogous

#721659 #72162B #722F16

triadic

#72162B #2B7216 #162B72

tetradic

#72162B #597216 #16725D #2F1672

square

#72162B #597216 #16725D #2F1672

split-complementary

#72162B #16722F #165972

monochromatic

#1A050A #3F0C18 #72162B #A5203E #D62C53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#72162B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#72162B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72162B

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72162B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72162B	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72162b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 22, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.125 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a05d64',
    500: '#72162b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72162b;
$custom-light: #a05d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72162b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.304,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36698,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72162B

secondary

#3CA88F

accent

#EBC33D

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #72162B

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

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