#B72B41#B72B41

#B72B41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.175 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72B41
RGB	rgb(183, 43, 65)
HSL	hsl(351, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 64.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, 56.09, 22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 60.28, 21.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.167 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.175 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3487, 12.1799, 6.2268)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72B41 #2BB7A1

analogous

#B72B87 #B72B41 #B75B2B

triadic

#B72B41 #41B72B #2B41B7

tetradic

#B72B41 #87B72B #2BB7A1 #5B2BB7

square

#B72B41 #87B72B #2BB7A1 #5B2BB7

split-complementary

#B72B41 #2BB75B #2B87B7

monochromatic

#54141E #851F2F #B72B41 #D54B60 #E07C8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#B72B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B72B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72B41

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72B41	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 43, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.175 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47175',
    500: '#b72b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72b41;
$custom-light: #d47175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.571,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5176,
    "c": 0.1752,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72B41

secondary

#75C9BB

accent

#E5CC43

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72B41

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

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