#72555C#72555C

#72555C is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.040 H 2.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72555C
RGB	rgb(114, 85, 92)
HSL	hsl(346, 15%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 25%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 19.3%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.32, 13.21, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.32, 13.22, 2.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% 0.0397 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.04 2.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1198, 10.8476, 11.5785)
Luminance	0.1085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72555C #55726B

analogous

#72556B #72555C #725D55

triadic

#72555C #5C7255 #555C72

tetradic

#72555C #6B7255 #55726B #5D5572

square

#72555C #6B7255 #55726B #5D5572

split-complementary

#72555C #55725D #556B72

monochromatic

#2C2123 #4F3B40 #72555C #947079 #AE939A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#72555C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#72555C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #72555C

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72555C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##72555C	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595A5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#775357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72555c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 85, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.040 2.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b858a',
    500: '#72555c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72555c;
$custom-light: #9b858a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72555c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.517,
    "s": 14.573,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48198,
    "c": 0.03975,
    "h": 2.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72555C

secondary

#869D97

accent

#B7A670

background

#F9F8F8

surface

#F2EFF0

border

#CCCACB

text

#0E0B0B

muted

#7E7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72555C

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

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