#72212E#72212E

#72212E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.113 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72212E
RGB	rgb(114, 33, 46)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 59.6%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.34, 36.40, 11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.34, 38.30, 18.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.1094 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.113 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9772, 4.8635, 3.1029)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72212E #217265

analogous

#722157 #72212E #723D21

triadic

#72212E #2E7221 #212E72

tetradic

#72212E #577221 #217265 #3D2172

square

#72212E #577221 #217265 #3D2172

split-complementary

#72212E #21723D #215772

monochromatic

#18070A #43131B #72212E #A12F41 #C9445A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#72212E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#72212E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72212E

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72212E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72212E	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35342E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A442C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D1026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72212e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 33, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.113 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06266',
    500: '#72212e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72212e;
$custom-light: #a06266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72212e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.37,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37922,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72212E

secondary

#49A597

accent

#DEC749

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#0F0505

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72212E

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

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