#B72B2E#B72B2E

#B72B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.176 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72B2E
RGB	rgb(183, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 55.14, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 64.41, 31.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% 0.1599 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.176 25)
XYZ	xyz(20.8879, 11.9956, 3.7998)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72B2E #2BB7B4

analogous

#B72B74 #B72B2E #B76E2B

triadic

#B72B2E #2EB72B #2B2EB7

tetradic

#B72B2E #74B72B #2BB7B4 #6E2BB7

square

#B72B2E #74B72B #2BB7B4 #6E2BB7

split-complementary

#B72B2E #2BB76E #2B74B7

monochromatic

#541415 #851F22 #B72B2E #D54B4E #E07C7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#B72B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B72B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72B2E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72B2E	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.176 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57067',
    500: '#b72b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72b2e;
$custom-light: #d57067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.714,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5145,
    "c": 0.17644,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.11992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72B2E

secondary

#75C9C7

accent

#E5E243

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72B2E

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

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