#72261A#72261A

#72261A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.110 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72261A
RGB	rgb(114, 38, 26)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 77.2%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.85, 32.78, 25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.85, 41.55, 37.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0938 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.11 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8198, 5.0393, 1.5380)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72261A #1A6672

analogous

#721A3A #72261A #72521A

triadic

#72261A #1A7226 #261A72

tetradic

#72261A #3A721A #1A6672 #521A72

square

#72261A #3A721A #1A6672 #521A72

split-complementary

#72261A #1A7252 #1A3A72

monochromatic

#190806 #40150F #72261A #A43725 #D14B35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#72261A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#72261A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72261A

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72261A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72261A	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E1324

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72261a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 38, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.110 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16457',
    500: '#72261a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72261a;
$custom-light: #a16457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72261a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38187,
    "c": 0.10992,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72261A

secondary

#4199A7

accent

#D0E642

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72261A

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

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