#B72942#B72942

#B72942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.177 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72942
RGB	rgb(183, 41, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.30, 56.78, 21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.30, 60.60, 20.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% 0.1694 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.177 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3070, 12.0497, 6.3571)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72942 #29B79E

analogous

#B72989 #B72942 #B75729

triadic

#B72942 #42B729 #2942B7

tetradic

#B72942 #89B729 #29B79E #5729B7

square

#B72942 #89B729 #29B79E #5729B7

split-complementary

#B72942 #29B757 #2989B7

monochromatic

#53131E #851E30 #B72942 #D64760 #E1798C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#B72942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B72942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72942

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72942	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 41, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.177 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47076',
    500: '#b72942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72942;
$custom-light: #d47076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.437,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51614,
    "c": 0.17693,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72942

secondary

#73C9BA

accent

#E6C941

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72942

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

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