#B72B26#B72B26

#B72B26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.177 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72B26
RGB	rgb(183, 43, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 79.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.12, 54.84, 37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.12, 66.59, 34.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.1572 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.177 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7447, 11.9383, 3.0454)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72B26 #26B2B7

analogous

#B72669 #B72B26 #B77326

triadic

#B72B26 #26B72B #2B26B7

tetradic

#B72B26 #69B726 #26B2B7 #7326B7

square

#B72B26 #69B726 #26B2B7 #7326B7

split-complementary

#B72B26 #26B773 #2669B7

monochromatic

#521311 #841F1B #B72B26 #D84842 #E27975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B72B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B72B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72B26

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72B26	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 43, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.177 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67061',
    500: '#b72b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72b26;
$custom-light: #d67061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.069,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51353,
    "c": 0.17743,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72B26

secondary

#6FC7CA

accent

#E3E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72B26

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

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