#B72C45#B72C45

#B72C45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.174 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72C45
RGB	rgb(183, 44, 69)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 62.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.69, 56.01, 19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.69, 59.42, 19.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% 0.1676 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.174 16)
XYZ	xyz(21.5055, 12.3015, 6.8711)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72C45 #2CB79E

analogous

#B72C8A #B72C45 #B7592C

triadic

#B72C45 #45B72C #2C45B7

tetradic

#B72C45 #8AB72C #2CB79E #592CB7

square

#B72C45 #8AB72C #2CB79E #592CB7

split-complementary

#B72C45 #2CB759 #2C8AB7

monochromatic

#541420 #862032 #B72C45 #D44C65 #E07E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#B72C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B72C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72C45

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72C45	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)

#535045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 44, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.174 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47178',
    500: '#b72c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72c45;
$custom-light: #d47178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.209,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51926,
    "c": 0.17433,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.12298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72C45

secondary

#76C8BA

accent

#E4C743

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72C45

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

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