#72231E#72231E

#72231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.112 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72231E
RGB	rgb(114, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.3%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 34.41, 22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 41.11, 33.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.0997 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.112 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7756, 4.8743, 1.7594)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72231E #1E6D72

analogous

#721E43 #72231E #724D1E

triadic

#72231E #1E7223 #231E72

tetradic

#72231E #43721E #1E6D72 #4D1E72

square

#72231E #43721E #1E6D72 #4D1E72

split-complementary

#72231E #1E724D #1E4372

monochromatic

#180706 #421411 #72231E #A2322B #CC473E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#72231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#72231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72231E

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72231E	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39341D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E0E22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.112 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1635a',
    500: '#72231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72231e;
$custom-light: #a1635a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.571,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37849,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72231E

secondary

#46A0A6

accent

#D8E246

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72231E

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

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