#B72C35#B72C35

#B72C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.175 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72C35
RGB	rgb(183, 44, 53)
HSL	hsl(356, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 71%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 55.13, 29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 62.45, 28.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.64% 0.1614 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(51.64% 0.175 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0741, 12.1289, 4.5989)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72C35 #2CB7AE

analogous

#B72C7B #B72C35 #B7692C

triadic

#B72C35 #35B72C #2C35B7

tetradic

#B72C35 #7BB72C #2CB7AE #692CB7

square

#B72C35 #7BB72C #2CB7AE #692CB7

split-complementary

#B72C35 #2CB769 #2C7BB7

monochromatic

#541418 #862027 #B72C35 #D44C55 #E07E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#B72C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B72C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72C35

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72C35	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 44, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.175 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5716c',
    500: '#b72c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72c35;
$custom-light: #d5716c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.115,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51638,
    "c": 0.17492,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72C35

secondary

#76C8C3

accent

#E4DA43

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72C35

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

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