#B72A26#B72A26

#B72A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.178 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72A26
RGB	rgb(183, 42, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 79.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 55.16, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 66.79, 34.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.1582 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.178 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7087, 11.8664, 3.0334)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72A26 #26B3B7

analogous

#B7266A #B72A26 #B77226

triadic

#B72A26 #26B72A #2A26B7

tetradic

#B72A26 #6AB726 #26B3B7 #7226B7

square

#B72A26 #6AB726 #26B3B7 #7226B7

split-complementary

#B72A26 #26B772 #266AB7

monochromatic

#521311 #841E1B #B72A26 #D84642 #E27875

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#B72A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B72A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72A26

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72A26	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 42, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.178 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67061',
    500: '#b72a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72a26;
$custom-light: #d67061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.655,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51268,
    "c": 0.17821,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72A26

secondary

#6FC7CA

accent

#E4E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72A26

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

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