#72181E#72181E

#72181E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.124 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72181E
RGB	rgb(114, 24, 30)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 38.95, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 44.04, 27.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.1141 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.124 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5013, 4.3256, 1.6680)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72181E #18726C

analogous

#72184B #72181E #723F18

triadic

#72181E #1E7218 #181E72

tetradic

#72181E #4B7218 #18726C #3F1872

square

#72181E #4B7218 #18726C #3F1872

split-complementary

#72181E #18723F #184B72

monochromatic

#190507 #3F0D11 #72181E #A5232B #D4313C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#72181E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#72181E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72181E

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72181E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72181E	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72181e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 24, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.124 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a15d59',
    500: '#72181e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72181e;
$custom-light: #a15d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72181e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36614,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72181E

secondary

#3EA7A0

accent

#E8DD40

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9E9

border

#CEC5C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72181E

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

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