#72291E#72291E

#72291E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.106 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72291E
RGB	rgb(114, 41, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 73.7%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.46, 31.51, 23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.46, 39.46, 37.02°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% 0.0907 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.106 31)
XYZ	xyz(7.9675, 5.2581, 1.8234)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72291E #1E6772

analogous

#721E3D #72291E #72531E

triadic

#72291E #1E7229 #291E72

tetradic

#72291E #3D721E #1E6772 #531E72

square

#72291E #3D721E #1E6772 #531E72

split-complementary

#72291E #1E7253 #1E3D72

monochromatic

#180906 #421811 #72291E #A23A2B #CC513E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#72291E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#72291E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72291E

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72291E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72291E	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F471C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E1827

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72291e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 41, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.106 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0665a',
    500: '#72291e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72291e;
$custom-light: #a0665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72291e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.857,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38664,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.05257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72291E

secondary

#4699A6

accent

#CDE246

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100603

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #72291E

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

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