#72172D#72172D

#72172D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.124 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72172D
RGB	rgb(114, 23, 45)
HSL	hsl(345, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(345, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 60.5%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 40.28, 10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 41.66, 14.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.1216 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.124 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7202, 4.3808, 2.9212)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72172D #17725C

analogous

#72175A #72172D #722F17

triadic

#72172D #2D7217 #172D72

tetradic

#72172D #5A7217 #17725C #2F1772

square

#72172D #5A7217 #17725C #2F1772

split-complementary

#72172D #17722F #175A72

monochromatic

#19050A #3F0D19 #72172D #A52141 #D52E57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#72172D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#72172D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72172D

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72172D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72172D	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47422B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72172d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 23, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.124 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a05d65',
    500: '#72172d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72172d;
$custom-light: #a05d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72172d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.495,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36838,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72172D

secondary

#3DA88E

accent

#E9C03E

background

#FAF5F6

surface

#F4E9EB

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72172D

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

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