#72201E#72201E

#72201E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.116 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72201E
RGB	rgb(114, 32, 30)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.88, 35.76, 21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.88, 41.94, 31.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.48% 0.104 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(37.48% 0.116 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6911, 4.7053, 1.7313)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72201E #1E7072

analogous

#721E46 #72201E #724A1E

triadic

#72201E #1E7220 #201E72

tetradic

#72201E #46721E #1E7072 #4A1E72

square

#72201E #46721E #1E7072 #4A1E72

split-complementary

#72201E #1E724A #1E4672

monochromatic

#180706 #421211 #72201E #A22E2B #CC423E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#72201E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#72201E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72201E

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72201E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72201E	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B441B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0720

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72201e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 32, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.116 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1615a',
    500: '#72201e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72201e;
$custom-light: #a1615a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72201e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.429,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37478,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72201E

secondary

#46A4A6

accent

#DEE246

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F4EAE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #72201E

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

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