#72251E#72251E

#72251E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.110 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72251E
RGB	rgb(114, 37, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 33.47, 22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 40.56, 34.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% 0.0968 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.11 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8362, 4.9954, 1.7796)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72251E #1E6B72

analogous

#721E41 #72251E #724F1E

triadic

#72251E #1E7225 #251E72

tetradic

#72251E #41721E #1E6B72 #4F1E72

square

#72251E #41721E #1E6B72 #4F1E72

split-complementary

#72251E #1E724F #1E4172

monochromatic

#180806 #421511 #72251E #A2352B #CC4A3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#72251E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#72251E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72251E

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72251E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72251E	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A351D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E1224

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72251e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 37, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.110 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1645a',
    500: '#72251e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72251e;
$custom-light: #a1645a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72251e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3811,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72251E

secondary

#469EA6

accent

#D5E246

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72251E

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

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