#72272F#72272F

#72272F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.106 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72272F
RGB	rgb(114, 39, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 58.8%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.39, 33.70, 12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.39, 36.00, 20.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.101 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.106 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1788, 5.2347, 3.2685)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72272F #27726A

analogous

#722755 #72272F #724427

triadic

#72272F #2F7227 #272F72

tetradic

#72272F #557227 #27726A #442772

square

#72272F #557227 #27726A #442772

split-complementary

#72272F #277244 #275572

monochromatic

#170809 #44171C #72272F #A03742 #C3505C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#72272F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#72272F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72272F

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72272F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72272F	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39372F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C462D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D192A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72272f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 39, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.106 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6567',
    500: '#72272f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72272f;
$custom-light: #9f6567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72272f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.6,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38715,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72272F

secondary

#50A49B

accent

#D9CA4F

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4EBEB

border

#CEC6C6

text

#0F0606

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72272F

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

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