#72291B#72291B

#72291B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.106 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72291B
RGB	rgb(114, 41, 27)
HSL	hsl(10, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 76.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.42, 31.35, 25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.42, 40.44, 39.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.0895 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.106 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9310, 5.2435, 1.6312)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72291B #1B6472

analogous

#721B39 #72291B #72541B

triadic

#72291B #1B7229 #291B72

tetradic

#72291B #39721B #1B6472 #541B72

square

#72291B #39721B #1B6472 #541B72

split-complementary

#72291B #1B7254 #1B3972

monochromatic

#190906 #41170F #72291B #A33B27 #D05038

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#72291B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#72291B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72291B

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72291B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72291B	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E1826

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72291b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 41, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.106 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a16658',
    500: '#72291b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72291b;
$custom-light: #a16658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72291b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.655,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38621,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72291B

secondary

#4296A7

accent

#CBE543

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72291B

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

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