#B72C42#B72C42

#B72C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.174 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72C42
RGB	rgb(183, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, 55.82, 21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 59.87, 21.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.87% 0.1664 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(51.87% 0.174 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4148, 12.2652, 6.3930)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72C42 #2CB7A1

analogous

#B72C87 #B72C42 #B75C2C

triadic

#B72C42 #42B72C #2C42B7

tetradic

#B72C42 #87B72C #2CB7A1 #5C2CB7

square

#B72C42 #87B72C #2CB7A1 #5C2CB7

split-complementary

#B72C42 #2CB75C #2C87B7

monochromatic

#54141E #862030 #B72C42 #D44C62 #E07E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#B72C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B72C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72C42

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72C42	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.174 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47176',
    500: '#b72c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72c42;
$custom-light: #d47176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.504,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51866,
    "c": 0.1743,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72C42

secondary

#76C8BB

accent

#E4CB43

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160808

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72C42

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

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