#72171B#72171B

#72171B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.125 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72171B
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 76.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.55, 39.16, 22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.55, 45.06, 29.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.1141 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.125 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4445, 4.2705, 1.4690)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72171B #17726E

analogous

#721749 #72171B #724117

triadic

#72171B #1B7217 #171B72

tetradic

#72171B #497217 #17726E #411772

square

#72171B #497217 #17726E #411772

split-complementary

#72171B #177241 #174972

monochromatic

#190506 #3F0D0F #72171B #A52127 #D52E36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#72171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#72171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72171B

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72171B	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)

#322E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.125 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25d57',
    500: '#72171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72171b;
$custom-light: #a25d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.363,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3647,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72171B

secondary

#3DA8A3

accent

#E9E23E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72171B

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

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