#B72C29#B72C29

#B72C29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.176 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72C29
RGB	rgb(183, 44, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 77.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 54.62, 36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 65.55, 33.56°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.1572 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.176 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8318, 12.0320, 3.3229)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72C29 #29B4B7

analogous

#B7296D #B72C29 #B77329

triadic

#B72C29 #29B72C #2C29B7

tetradic

#B72C29 #6DB729 #29B4B7 #7329B7

square

#B72C29 #6DB729 #29B4B7 #7329B7

split-complementary

#B72C29 #29B773 #296DB7

monochromatic

#531413 #85201E #B72C29 #D64A47 #E17C79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B72C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B72C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72C29

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72C29	1.00	6.17	3.41	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 44, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.176 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67163',
    500: '#b72c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72c29;
$custom-light: #d67163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.268,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51475,
    "c": 0.17625,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72C29

secondary

#73C7C9

accent

#E3E641

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72C29

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

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