#B72A42#B72A42

#B72A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.176 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72A42
RGB	rgb(183, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.41, 56.46, 21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.41, 60.36, 20.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.1684 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.176 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3420, 12.1198, 6.3688)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72A42 #2AB79F

analogous

#B72A89 #B72A42 #B7592A

triadic

#B72A42 #42B72A #2A42B7

tetradic

#B72A42 #89B72A #2AB79F #592AB7

square

#B72A42 #89B72A #2AB79F #592AB7

split-complementary

#B72A42 #2AB759 #2A89B7

monochromatic

#53131E #851F30 #B72A42 #D54961 #E17B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#B72A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B72A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72A42

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72A42	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.176 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47076',
    500: '#b72a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72a42;
$custom-light: #d47076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.787,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51696,
    "c": 0.17607,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72A42

secondary

#74C9BA

accent

#E6CA42

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72A42

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

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