#B72A32#B72A32

#B72A32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.177 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72A32
RGB	rgb(183, 42, 50)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 72.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.15, 55.63, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.15, 63.60, 29.00°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1623 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.177 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9345, 11.9568, 4.2226)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72A32 #2AB7AF

analogous

#B72A79 #B72A32 #B7692A

triadic

#B72A32 #32B72A #2A32B7

tetradic

#B72A32 #79B72A #2AB7AF #692AB7

square

#B72A32 #79B72A #2AB7AF #692AB7

split-complementary

#B72A32 #2AB769 #2A79B7

monochromatic

#531317 #851F24 #B72A32 #D54951 #E17B81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#B72A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B72A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72A32

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72A32	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 42, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.177 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5706a',
    500: '#b72a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72a32;
$custom-light: #d5706a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.596,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51421,
    "c": 0.17684,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72A32

secondary

#74C9C4

accent

#E6DC42

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72A32

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

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