#B72B46#B72B46

#B72B46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.175 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72B46
RGB	rgb(183, 43, 70)
HSL	hsl(348, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 61.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.60, 56.39, 19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.60, 59.54, 18.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.169 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.175 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5000, 12.2404, 7.0237)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72B46 #2BB79C

analogous

#B72B8C #B72B46 #B7562B

triadic

#B72B46 #46B72B #2B46B7

tetradic

#B72B46 #8CB72B #2BB79C #562BB7

square

#B72B46 #8CB72B #2BB79C #562BB7

split-complementary

#B72B46 #2BB756 #2B8CB7

monochromatic

#541420 #851F33 #B72B46 #D54B65 #E07C8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#B72B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B72B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72B46

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72B46	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 43, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.175 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47179',
    500: '#b72b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72b46;
$custom-light: #d47179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51862,
    "c": 0.17526,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72B46

secondary

#75C9B8

accent

#E5C643

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160809

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72B46

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

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