#72271E#72271E

#72271E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.108 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72271E
RGB	rgb(114, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, 32.50, 23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 40.01, 35.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0938 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.108 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9001, 5.1233, 1.8009)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72271E #1E6972

analogous

#721E3F #72271E #72511E

triadic

#72271E #1E7227 #271E72

tetradic

#72271E #3F721E #1E6972 #511E72

square

#72271E #3F721E #1E6972 #511E72

split-complementary

#72271E #1E7251 #1E3F72

monochromatic

#180806 #421611 #72271E #A2382B #CC4D3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#72271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#72271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72271E

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72271E	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B361D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E461C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E1525

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.108 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1655a',
    500: '#72271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72271e;
$custom-light: #a1655a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38382,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72271E

secondary

#469CA6

accent

#D1E246

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72271E

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

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