#72171E#72171E

#72171E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.124 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72171E
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 39.31, 20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 44.28, 27.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.1153 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.124 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4810, 4.2851, 1.6612)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72171E #17726B

analogous

#72174C #72171E #723E17

triadic

#72171E #1E7217 #171E72

tetradic

#72171E #4C7217 #17726B #3E1772

square

#72171E #4C7217 #17726B #3E1772

split-complementary

#72171E #17723E #174C72

monochromatic

#190507 #3F0D11 #72171E #A5212B #D52E3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#72171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#72171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72171E

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72171E	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49411B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.124 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a15d59',
    500: '#72171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72171e;
$custom-light: #a15d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36519,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72171E

secondary

#3DA89F

accent

#E9DC3E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72171E

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

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