#B72A29#B72A29

#B72A29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.178 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72A29
RGB	rgb(183, 42, 41)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 77.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.04, 55.27, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.04, 65.95, 33.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.1592 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.178 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7591, 11.8866, 3.2987)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72A29 #29B6B7

analogous

#B7296F #B72A29 #B77129

triadic

#B72A29 #29B72A #2A29B7

tetradic

#B72A29 #6FB729 #29B6B7 #7129B7

square

#B72A29 #6FB729 #29B6B7 #7129B7

split-complementary

#B72A29 #29B771 #296FB7

monochromatic

#531313 #851F1E #B72A29 #D64847 #E17A79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#B72A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B72A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72A29

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72A29	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 42, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.178 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67063',
    500: '#b72a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72a29;
$custom-light: #d67063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.423,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51302,
    "c": 0.17783,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72A29

secondary

#73C8C9

accent

#E5E641

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72A29

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

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