#72272B#72272B

#72272B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.106 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72272B
RGB	rgb(114, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 49%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(357, 66%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 62.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.31, 33.38, 15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.31, 36.67, 24.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.0992 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.106 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1017, 5.2039, 2.8629)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72272B #27726E

analogous

#722751 #72272B #724827

triadic

#72272B #2B7227 #272B72

tetradic

#72272B #517227 #27726E #482772

square

#72272B #517227 #27726E #482772

split-complementary

#72272B #277248 #275172

monochromatic

#170809 #44171A #72272B #A0373C #C35056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#72272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#72272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72272B

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72272B	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A372B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D1829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.106 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06564',
    500: '#72272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72272b;
$custom-light: #a06564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.8,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38623,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72272B

secondary

#50A4A0

accent

#D9D14F

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBEA

border

#CEC6C6

text

#0F0605

muted

#7F7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #72272B

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

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