#72172A#72172A

#72172A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.124 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72172A
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 42)
HSL	hsl(347, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(347, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 63.2%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 40.05, 12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 41.99, 17.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.1203 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.124 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6645, 4.3585, 2.6277)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72172A #17725F

analogous

#721758 #72172A #723217

triadic

#72172A #2A7217 #172A72

tetradic

#72172A #587217 #17725F #321772

square

#72172A #587217 #17725F #321772

split-complementary

#72172A #177232 #175872

monochromatic

#190509 #3F0D17 #72172A #A5213D #D52E51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#72172A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#72172A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72172A

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72172A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72172A	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72172a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.124 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a05d63',
    500: '#72172a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72172a;
$custom-light: #a05d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72172a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.473,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36764,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72172A

secondary

#3DA891

accent

#E9C63E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #72172A

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

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