#72211E#72211E

#72211E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.114 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72211E
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 35.32, 22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 41.66, 32.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.1026 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.114 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7185, 4.7600, 1.7404)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72211E #1E6F72

analogous

#721E45 #72211E #724B1E

triadic

#72211E #1E7221 #211E72

tetradic

#72211E #45721E #1E6F72 #4B1E72

square

#72211E #45721E #1E6F72 #4B1E72

split-complementary

#72211E #1E724B #1E4572

monochromatic

#180706 #421311 #72211E #A22F2B #CC433E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#72211E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#72211E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72211E

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72211E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72211E	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38331D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C441B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0921

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72211e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.114 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1625a',
    500: '#72211e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72211e;
$custom-light: #a1625a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72211e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37599,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72211E

secondary

#46A3A6

accent

#DCE246

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72211E

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

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