#B72A34#B72A34

#B72A34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.177 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72A34
RGB	rgb(183, 42, 52)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 71.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.18, 55.72, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.18, 63.13, 28.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% 0.163 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.177 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9786, 11.9744, 4.4548)
Luminance	0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72A34 #2AB7AD

analogous

#B72A7B #B72A34 #B7672A

triadic

#B72A34 #34B72A #2A34B7

tetradic

#B72A34 #7BB72A #2AB7AD #672AB7

square

#B72A34 #7BB72A #2AB7AD #672AB7

split-complementary

#B72A34 #2AB767 #2A7BB7

monochromatic

#531318 #851F26 #B72A34 #D54953 #E17B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#B72A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B72A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72A34

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72A34	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)

#544E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 42, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.177 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5706b',
    500: '#b72a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72a34;
$custom-light: #d5706b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.745,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51451,
    "c": 0.17666,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72A34

secondary

#74C9C3

accent

#E6DA42

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72A34

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

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