#72271A#72271A

#72271A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.109 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72271A
RGB	rgb(114, 39, 26)
HSL	hsl(9, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(9, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 77.2%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 32.29, 25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 41.29, 38.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.0922 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.109 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8522, 5.1041, 1.5488)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72271A #1A6572

analogous

#721A39 #72271A #72531A

triadic

#72271A #1A7227 #271A72

tetradic

#72271A #39721A #1A6572 #531A72

square

#72271A #39721A #1A6572 #531A72

split-complementary

#72271A #1A7253 #1A3972

monochromatic

#190906 #40160F #72271A #A43825 #D14C35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#72271A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#72271A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72271A

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72271A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72271A	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E1424

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72271a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 39, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.109 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16557',
    500: '#72271a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72271a;
$custom-light: #a16557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72271a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.864,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38324,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72271A

secondary

#4198A7

accent

#CEE642

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72271A

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

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