#72171C#72171C

#72171C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.125 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72171C
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 28)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 75.4%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 39.21, 21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 44.79, 28.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.1145 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.125 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4563, 4.2752, 1.5310)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72171C #17726D

analogous

#72174A #72171C #724017

triadic

#72171C #1C7217 #171C72

tetradic

#72171C #4A7217 #17726D #401772

square

#72171C #4A7217 #17726D #401772

split-complementary

#72171C #177240 #174A72

monochromatic

#190506 #3F0D0F #72171C #A52129 #D52E38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#72171C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#72171C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72171C

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72171C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72171C	1.00	11.32	1.85	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72171c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.125 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25d58',
    500: '#72171c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72171c;
$custom-light: #a25d58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72171c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.703,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36486,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72171C

secondary

#3DA8A2

accent

#E9E03E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72171C

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

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