#B72C2E#B72C2E

#B72C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.176 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72C2E
RGB	rgb(183, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 54.82, 33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 64.19, 31.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.1588 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.176 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9247, 12.0692, 3.8120)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72C2E #2CB7B5

analogous

#B72C73 #B72C2E #B7702C

triadic

#B72C2E #2EB72C #2C2EB7

tetradic

#B72C2E #73B72C #2CB7B5 #702CB7

square

#B72C2E #73B72C #2CB7B5 #702CB7

split-complementary

#B72C2E #2CB770 #2C73B7

monochromatic

#541415 #862022 #B72C2E #D44C4E #E07E7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B72C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B72C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72C2E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72C2E	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.176 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57167',
    500: '#b72c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72c2e;
$custom-light: #d57167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.137,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51537,
    "c": 0.17563,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72C2E

secondary

#76C8C7

accent

#E4E243

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72C2E

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

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