#72272E#72272E

#72272E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.106 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72272E
RGB	rgb(114, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 59.6%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.37, 33.62, 13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.37, 36.15, 21.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% 0.1005 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.106 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1588, 5.2268, 3.1635)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72272E #27726B

analogous

#722754 #72272E #724527

triadic

#72272E #2E7227 #272E72

tetradic

#72272E #547227 #27726B #452772

square

#72272E #547227 #27726B #452772

split-complementary

#72272E #277245 #275472

monochromatic

#170809 #44171C #72272E #A03740 #C3505B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#72272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#72272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72272E

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72272E	1.00	10.27	2.05	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39372E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C462C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D192A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.106 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6566',
    500: '#72272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72272e;
$custom-light: #9f6566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.4,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38691,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72272E

secondary

#50A49D

accent

#D9CC4F

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#0F0606

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72272E

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

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