#72271C#72271C

#72271C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.108 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72271C
RGB	rgb(114, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 75.4%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 32.40, 24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 40.64, 37.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.093 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.108 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8754, 5.1134, 1.6707)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72271C #1C6772

analogous

#721C3C #72271C #72521C

triadic

#72271C #1C7227 #271C72

tetradic

#72271C #3C721C #1C6772 #521C72

square

#72271C #3C721C #1C6772 #521C72

split-complementary

#72271C #1C7252 #1C3C72

monochromatic

#190806 #411610 #72271C #A33828 #CF4D3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#72271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#72271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72271C

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72271C	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C361A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E461A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E1525

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.108 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16558',
    500: '#72271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72271c;
$custom-light: #a16558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.674,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38352,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72271C

secondary

#439AA6

accent

#CFE444

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72271C

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

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