#72182B#72182B

#72182B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.123 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72182B
RGB	rgb(114, 24, 43)
HSL	hsl(347, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 62.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.97, 39.78, 12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.97, 41.58, 16.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.1196 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.123 14)
XYZ	xyz(7.7029, 4.4062, 2.7299)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72182B #18725F

analogous

#721858 #72182B #723218

triadic

#72182B #2B7218 #182B72

tetradic

#72182B #587218 #18725F #321872

square

#72182B #587218 #18725F #321872

split-complementary

#72182B #187232 #185872

monochromatic

#19050A #3F0D18 #72182B #A5233E #D43153

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#72182B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#72182B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72182B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72182B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72182B	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72182b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 24, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.123 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a05e64',
    500: '#72182b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72182b;
$custom-light: #a05e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72182b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.333,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36882,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.04405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72182B

secondary

#3EA791

accent

#E8C540

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4E9EA

border

#CEC5C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #72182B

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

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