#72171D#72171D

#72171D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.125 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72171D
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 29)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 74.6%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 39.26, 21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 44.53, 28.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.1149 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.125 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4684, 4.2801, 1.5950)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72171D #17726C

analogous

#72174B #72171D #723F17

triadic

#72171D #1D7217 #171D72

tetradic

#72171D #4B7217 #17726C #3F1772

square

#72171D #4B7217 #17726C #3F1772

split-complementary

#72171D #17723F #174B72

monochromatic

#190506 #3F0D10 #72171D #A5212A #D52E39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#72171D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#72171D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72171D

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72171D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72171D	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49411A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72171d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.125 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a25d59',
    500: '#72171d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72171d;
$custom-light: #a25d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72171d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.044,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36502,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72171D

secondary

#3DA8A1

accent

#E9DE3E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72171D

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

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