#B72D25#B72D25

#B72D25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.176 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D25
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 37)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 79.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.34, 54.15, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.34, 66.47, 35.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% 0.1548 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.176 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8032, 12.0809, 2.9864)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D25 #25AFB7

analogous

#B72566 #B72D25 #B77625

triadic

#B72D25 #25B72D #2D25B7

tetradic

#B72D25 #66B725 #25AFB7 #7625B7

square

#B72D25 #66B725 #25AFB7 #7625B7

split-complementary

#B72D25 #25B776 #2566B7

monochromatic

#511410 #84201B #B72D25 #D94941 #E37A74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B72D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B72D25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D25

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D25	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.176 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67161',
    500: '#b72d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d25;
$custom-light: #d67161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.288,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51519,
    "c": 0.17598,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D25

secondary

#6EC5CA

accent

#E0E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D25

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

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