#72202A#72202A

#72202A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.114 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72202A
RGB	rgb(114, 32, 42)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 63.2%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.09, 36.53, 14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.09, 39.22, 21.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.109 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.114 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8746, 4.7787, 2.6978)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72202A #207268

analogous

#722053 #72202A #723F20

triadic

#72202A #2A7220 #202A72

tetradic

#72202A #537220 #207268 #3F2072

square

#72202A #537220 #207268 #3F2072

split-complementary

#72202A #20723F #205372

monochromatic

#180709 #421318 #72202A #A22D3C #CA4253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#72202A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#72202A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72202A

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72202A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72202A	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35332A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D0C24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72202a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 32, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.114 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06163',
    500: '#72202a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72202a;
$custom-light: #a06163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72202a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.683,
    "s": 56.164,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37709,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72202A

secondary

#48A69A

accent

#DFCD48

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBEA

border

#CEC6C6

text

#100505

muted

#7F7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #72202A

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

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