#B72C44#B72C44

#B72C44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.174 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72C44
RGB	rgb(183, 44, 68)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 62.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, 55.95, 20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 59.56, 20.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.91% 0.1672 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(51.91% 0.174 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4748, 12.2892, 6.7090)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72C44 #2CB79F

analogous

#B72C8A #B72C44 #B7592C

triadic

#B72C44 #44B72C #2C44B7

tetradic

#B72C44 #8AB72C #2CB79F #592CB7

square

#B72C44 #8AB72C #2CB79F #592CB7

split-complementary

#B72C44 #2CB759 #2C8AB7

monochromatic

#54141F #862032 #B72C44 #D44C64 #E07E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#B72C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B72C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72C44

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72C44	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 44, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.174 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47177',
    500: '#b72c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72c44;
$custom-light: #d47177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.64,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51906,
    "c": 0.17431,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72C44

secondary

#76C8BA

accent

#E4C943

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72C44

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

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