#72211C#72211C

#72211C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.115 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72211C
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 75.4%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 35.21, 23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 42.24, 33.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% 0.1018 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.115 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6937, 4.7501, 1.6101)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72211C #1C6D72

analogous

#721C42 #72211C #724C1C

triadic

#72211C #1C7221 #211C72

tetradic

#72211C #42721C #1C6D72 #4C1C72

square

#72211C #42721C #1C6D72 #4C1C72

split-complementary

#72211C #1C724C #1C4272

monochromatic

#190706 #411310 #72211C #A32F28 #CF423A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#72211C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#72211C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72211C

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72211C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72211C	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38321B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0921

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72211c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.115 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16258',
    500: '#72211c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72211c;
$custom-light: #a16258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72211c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.488,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37567,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72211C

secondary

#43A1A6

accent

#DAE444

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72211C

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

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