#B72D26#B72D26

#B72D26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.176 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D26
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 79.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 54.18, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 66.19, 35.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1552 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.176 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8192, 12.0873, 3.0702)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D26 #26B0B7

analogous

#B72667 #B72D26 #B77626

triadic

#B72D26 #26B72D #2D26B7

tetradic

#B72D26 #67B726 #26B0B7 #7626B7

square

#B72D26 #67B726 #26B0B7 #7626B7

split-complementary

#B72D26 #26B776 #2667B7

monochromatic

#521411 #84211B #B72D26 #D84A42 #E27A75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B72D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B72D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D26

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D26	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)

#574E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.176 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67161',
    500: '#b72d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d26;
$custom-light: #d67161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.897,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5153,
    "c": 0.17584,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D26

secondary

#6FC5CA

accent

#E0E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D26

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

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