#72171A#72171A

#72171A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.125 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72171A
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(358, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 77.2%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.53, 39.11, 22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.53, 45.34, 30.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.1137 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.125 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4331, 4.2659, 1.4091)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72171A #17726F

analogous

#721748 #72171A #724217

triadic

#72171A #1A7217 #171A72

tetradic

#72171A #487217 #17726F #421772

square

#72171A #487217 #17726F #421772

split-complementary

#72171A #177242 #174872

monochromatic

#190506 #3F0D0E #72171A #A52126 #D52E34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#72171A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#72171A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72171A

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72171A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72171A	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72171a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.125 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25d56',
    500: '#72171a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72171a;
$custom-light: #a25d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72171a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.022,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36455,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72171A

secondary

#3DA8A4

accent

#E9E43E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72171A

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

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