#B72826#B72826

#B72826 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.180 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72826
RGB	rgb(183, 40, 38)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 79.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.78, 55.79, 37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.78, 67.18, 33.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.1% 0.1602 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(51.1% 0.18 27)
XYZ	xyz(20.6396, 11.7281, 3.0103)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72826 #26B5B7

analogous

#B7266C #B72826 #B77126

triadic

#B72826 #26B728 #2826B7

tetradic

#B72826 #6CB726 #26B5B7 #7126B7

square

#B72826 #6CB726 #26B5B7 #7126B7

split-complementary

#B72826 #26B771 #266CB7

monochromatic

#521211 #841D1B #B72826 #D84442 #E27775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#B72826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B72826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72826

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72826	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 40, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.180 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d66f61',
    500: '#b72826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72826;
$custom-light: #d66f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.828,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51103,
    "c": 0.17972,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.11725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72826

secondary

#6FC8CA

accent

#E6E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72826

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

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