#B72C26#B72C26

#B72C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.177 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72C26
RGB	rgb(183, 44, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 79.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, 54.52, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 66.39, 34.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% 0.1562 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.177 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7815, 12.0119, 3.0576)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72C26 #26B1B7

analogous

#B72668 #B72C26 #B77426

triadic

#B72C26 #26B72C #2C26B7

tetradic

#B72C26 #68B726 #26B1B7 #7426B7

square

#B72C26 #68B726 #26B1B7 #7426B7

split-complementary

#B72C26 #26B774 #2668B7

monochromatic

#521411 #84201B #B72C26 #D84942 #E27A75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B72C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B72C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72C26

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72C26	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 44, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.177 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67161',
    500: '#b72c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72c26;
$custom-light: #d67161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.483,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51441,
    "c": 0.17664,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72C26

secondary

#6FC6CA

accent

#E2E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72C26

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

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