#72171F#72171F

#72171F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.124 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72171F
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 31)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 72.8%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.61, 39.36, 19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.61, 44.04, 26.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.1157 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.124 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4940, 4.2903, 1.7296)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72171F #17726A

analogous

#72174D #72171F #723D17

triadic

#72171F #1F7217 #171F72

tetradic

#72171F #4D7217 #17726A #3D1772

square

#72171F #4D7217 #17726A #3D1772

split-complementary

#72171F #17723D #174D72

monochromatic

#190507 #3F0D11 #72171F #A5212D #D52E3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#72171F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#72171F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72171F

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72171F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72171F	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49411C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72171f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.124 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a15d5a',
    500: '#72171f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72171f;
$custom-light: #a15d5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72171f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.725,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36537,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72171F

secondary

#3DA89E

accent

#E9DA3E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72171F

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

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