#72201B#72201B

#72201B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.116 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72201B
RGB	rgb(114, 32, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 76.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.83, 35.60, 23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.83, 42.81, 33.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.1028 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.116 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6546, 4.6907, 1.5390)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72201B #1B6D72

analogous

#721B42 #72201B #724B1B

triadic

#72201B #1B7220 #201B72

tetradic

#72201B #42721B #1B6D72 #4B1B72

square

#72201B #42721B #1B6D72 #4B1B72

split-complementary

#72201B #1B724B #1B4272

monochromatic

#190706 #41120F #72201B #A32E27 #D04038

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#72201B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#72201B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72201B

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72201B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72201B	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0620

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72201b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 32, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.116 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16157',
    500: '#72201b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72201b;
$custom-light: #a16157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72201b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.448,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37431,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72201B

secondary

#42A1A7

accent

#DBE543

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72201B

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

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