#72282A#72282A

#72282A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.105 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72282A
RGB	rgb(114, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 48%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(358, 65%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 63.2%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.47, 32.81, 16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.47, 36.53, 26.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0972 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.105 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1169, 5.2632, 2.7785)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72282A #287270

analogous

#72284F #72282A #724B28

triadic

#72282A #2A7228 #282A72

tetradic

#72282A #4F7228 #287270 #4B2872

square

#72282A #4F7228 #287270 #4B2872

split-complementary

#72282A #28724B #284F72

monochromatic

#170809 #451819 #72282A #9F383B #C25255

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#72282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#72282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72282A

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72282A	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B372A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D1929

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.105 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a06663',
    500: '#72282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72282a;
$custom-light: #a06663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.378,
    "s": 48.052,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3874,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72282A

secondary

#52A4A2

accent

#D8D450

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBEA

border

#CEC6C6

text

#0F0605

muted

#7F7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #72282A

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

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