#72201C#72201C

#72201C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.116 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72201C
RGB	rgb(114, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 75.4%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, 35.65, 23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 42.51, 33.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.1032 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.116 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6664, 4.6954, 1.6010)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72201C #1C6E72

analogous

#721C43 #72201C #724B1C

triadic

#72201C #1C7220 #201C72

tetradic

#72201C #43721C #1C6E72 #4B1C72

square

#72201C #43721C #1C6E72 #4B1C72

split-complementary

#72201C #1C724B #1C4372

monochromatic

#190706 #411210 #72201C #A32E28 #CF413A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#72201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#72201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72201C

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72201C	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0620

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.116 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16158',
    500: '#72201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72201c;
$custom-light: #a16158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37446,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72201C

secondary

#43A2A6

accent

#DCE444

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72201C

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

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