#72302B#72302B

#72302B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.095 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72302B
RGB	rgb(114, 48, 43)
HSL	hsl(4, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 62.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 28.72, 17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 33.63, 31.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0846 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.095 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4332, 5.8668, 2.9733)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72302B #2B6D72

analogous

#722B49 #72302B #72532B

triadic

#72302B #2B7230 #302B72

tetradic

#72302B #49722B #2B6D72 #532B72

square

#72302B #49722B #2B6D72 #532B72

split-complementary

#72302B #2B7253 #2B4972

monochromatic

#190B09 #461D1A #72302B #9E433C #C05F58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#72302B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#72302B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72302B

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72302B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72302B	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D242F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72302b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 48, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.095 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6b64',
    500: '#72302b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72302b;
$custom-light: #9f6b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72302b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.225,
    "s": 45.223,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39954,
    "c": 0.09456,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72302B

secondary

#559EA4

accent

#CCD553

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBEA

border

#CEC6C6

text

#0F0705

muted

#7F7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #72302B

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

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