#72251A#72251A

#72251A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.111 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72251A
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 26)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 77.2%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.67, 33.26, 25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.67, 41.81, 37.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0953 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.111 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7883, 4.9762, 1.5275)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72251A #1A6772

analogous

#721A3B #72251A #72511A

triadic

#72251A #1A7225 #251A72

tetradic

#72251A #3B721A #1A6772 #511A72

square

#72251A #3B721A #1A6772 #511A72

split-complementary

#72251A #1A7251 #1A3B72

monochromatic

#190806 #40150F #72251A #A43525 #D14935

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#72251A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#72251A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72251A

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72251A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72251A	1.00	10.53	2.00	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E1123

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72251a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.111 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16457',
    500: '#72251a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72251a;
$custom-light: #a16457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72251a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38052,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72251A

secondary

#419AA7

accent

#D1E642

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72251A

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

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