#72241E#72241E

#72241E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.111 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72241E
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.55, 33.94, 22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.55, 40.83, 33.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0983 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.111 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8055, 4.9340, 1.7694)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72241E #1E6C72

analogous

#721E42 #72241E #724E1E

triadic

#72241E #1E7224 #241E72

tetradic

#72241E #42721E #1E6C72 #4E1E72

square

#72241E #42721E #1E6C72 #4E1E72

split-complementary

#72241E #1E724E #1E4272

monochromatic

#180806 #421511 #72241E #A2332B #CC483E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#72241E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#72241E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72241E

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72241E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72241E	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39341D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E1023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72241e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.111 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1635a',
    500: '#72241e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72241e;
$custom-light: #a1635a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72241e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37978,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72241E

secondary

#469FA6

accent

#D6E246

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72241E

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

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