#B72A41#B72A41

#B72A41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.176 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72A41
RGB	rgb(183, 42, 65)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 64.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 56.41, 21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 60.52, 21.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.168 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.176 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3128, 12.1081, 6.2149)
Luminance	0.1211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72A41 #2AB7A0

analogous

#B72A88 #B72A41 #B75A2A

triadic

#B72A41 #41B72A #2A41B7

tetradic

#B72A41 #88B72A #2AB7A0 #5A2AB7

square

#B72A41 #88B72A #2AB7A0 #5A2AB7

split-complementary

#B72A41 #2AB75A #2A88B7

monochromatic

#53131E #851F2F #B72A41 #D54960 #E17B8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#B72A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B72A41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72A41

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72A41	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 42, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.176 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47075',
    500: '#b72a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72a41;
$custom-light: #d47075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.213,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51677,
    "c": 0.17607,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72A41

secondary

#74C9BB

accent

#E6CB42

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72A41

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

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