#B72A2D#B72A2D

#B72A2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.177 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72A2D
RGB	rgb(183, 42, 45)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 75.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.08, 55.42, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.08, 64.88, 31.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.1605 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.177 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8325, 11.9159, 3.6852)
Luminance	0.1191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72A2D #2AB7B4

analogous

#B72A74 #B72A2D #B76D2A

triadic

#B72A2D #2DB72A #2A2DB7

tetradic

#B72A2D #74B72A #2AB7B4 #6D2AB7

square

#B72A2D #74B72A #2AB7B4 #6D2AB7

split-complementary

#B72A2D #2AB76D #2A74B7

monochromatic

#531315 #851F21 #B72A2D #D5494C #E17B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#B72A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B72A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72A2D

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72A2D	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 42, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.177 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57066',
    500: '#b72a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72a2d;
$custom-light: #d57066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.723,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51352,
    "c": 0.17736,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72A2D

secondary

#74C9C7

accent

#E6E242

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72A2D

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

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