#72342E#72342E

#72342E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.089 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72342E
RGB	rgb(114, 52, 46)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 59.6%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, 26.77, 16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 31.57, 32.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.079 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.089 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6613, 6.2316, 3.3309)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72342E #2E6C72

analogous

#722E4A #72342E #72562E

triadic

#72342E #2E7234 #342E72

tetradic

#72342E #4A722E #2E6C72 #562E72

square

#72342E #4A722E #2E6C72 #562E72

split-complementary

#72342E #2E7256 #2E4A72

monochromatic

#1B0C0B #46201C #72342E #9E4840 #BE655D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#72342E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#72342E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72342E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72342E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72342E	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D2A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72342e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 52, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.089 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f6d66',
    500: '#72342e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72342e;
$custom-light: #9f6d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72342e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.294,
    "s": 42.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40666,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72342E

secondary

#589DA3

accent

#C7D256

background

#FAF6F6

surface

#F4ECEB

border

#CEC7C6

text

#0F0706

muted

#7F7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72342E

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

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