#B72B34#B72B34

#B72B34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.176 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72B34
RGB	rgb(183, 43, 52)
HSL	hsl(356, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 71.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 55.40, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 62.91, 28.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.162 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.176 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0145, 12.0462, 4.4668)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72B34 #2BB7AE

analogous

#B72B7A #B72B34 #B7682B

triadic

#B72B34 #34B72B #2B34B7

tetradic

#B72B34 #7AB72B #2BB7AE #682BB7

square

#B72B34 #7AB72B #2BB7AE #682BB7

split-complementary

#B72B34 #2BB768 #2B7AB7

monochromatic

#541418 #851F26 #B72B34 #D54B53 #E07C83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#B72B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B72B34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72B34

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72B34	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 43, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.176 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5716b',
    500: '#b72b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72b34;
$custom-light: #d5716b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.143,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51536,
    "c": 0.17584,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72B34

secondary

#75C9C3

accent

#E5DB43

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72B34

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

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