#72172B#72172B

#72172B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.124 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72172B
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 43)
HSL	hsl(347, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(347, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 62.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 40.13, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 41.87, 16.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.1208 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.124 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6826, 4.3657, 2.7232)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72172B #17725E

analogous

#721759 #72172B #723117

triadic

#72172B #2B7217 #172B72

tetradic

#72172B #597217 #17725E #311772

square

#72172B #597217 #17725E #311772

split-complementary

#72172B #177231 #175972

monochromatic

#19050A #3F0D18 #72172B #A5213E #D52E53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#72172B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#72172B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72172B

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72172B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72172B	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72172b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.124 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a05d64',
    500: '#72172b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72172b;
$custom-light: #a05d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72172b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.813,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36788,
    "c": 0.1243,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72172B

secondary

#3DA890

accent

#E9C43E

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #72172B

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

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