#72172C#72172C

#72172C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.124 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72172C
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 44)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 61.4%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 40.20, 11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 41.75, 15.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.81% 0.1212 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(36.81% 0.124 13)
XYZ	xyz(7.7012, 4.3732, 2.8210)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72172C #17725D

analogous

#72175A #72172C #723017

triadic

#72172C #2C7217 #172C72

tetradic

#72172C #5A7217 #17725D #301772

square

#72172C #5A7217 #17725D #301772

split-complementary

#72172C #177230 #175A72

monochromatic

#19050A #3F0D18 #72172C #A52140 #D52E55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#72172C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#72172C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72172C

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72172C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72172C	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47422A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72172c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.124 13.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72172c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36813,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.04372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72172C

secondary

#3DA88F

accent

#E9C23E

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4E9EB

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72172C

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

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