#72241F#72241F

#72241F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.111 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72241F
RGB	rgb(114, 36, 31)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 72.8%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 34.00, 22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 40.54, 33.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% 0.0987 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.111 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8185, 4.9392, 1.8377)
Luminance	0.0494 (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

#72241F #1F6D72

analogous

#721F43 #72241F #724D1F

triadic

#72241F #1F7224 #241F72

tetradic

#72241F #43721F #1F6D72 #4D1F72

square

#72241F #43721F #1F6D72 #4D1F72

split-complementary

#72241F #1F724D #1F4372

monochromatic

#180807 #421512 #72241F #A2332C #CB4940

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#72241F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#72241F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72241F

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72241F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72241F	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)

#39341E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E1023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72241f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 36, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.111 27.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72241f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.614,
    "s": 57.241,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37994,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72241F

secondary

#47A0A6

accent

#D7E047

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100504

muted

#7F7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #72241F

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

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