#B72C27#B72C27

#B72C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.176 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72C27
RGB	rgb(183, 44, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 78.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 54.55, 37.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 66.11, 34.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% 0.1565 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.177 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7978, 12.0184, 3.1438)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72C27 #27B2B7

analogous

#B7276A #B72C27 #B77427

triadic

#B72C27 #27B72C #2C27B7

tetradic

#B72C27 #6AB727 #27B2B7 #7427B7

square

#B72C27 #6AB727 #27B2B7 #7427B7

split-complementary

#B72C27 #27B774 #276AB7

monochromatic

#521411 #85201C #B72C27 #D74944 #E27A76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B72C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B72C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72C27

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72C27	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)

#574E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 44, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.176 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67162',
    500: '#b72c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72c27;
$custom-light: #d67162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.083,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51452,
    "c": 0.1765,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72C27

secondary

#70C6C9

accent

#E2E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72C27

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

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