#B72D27#B72D27

#B72D27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.176 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D27
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 78.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 54.22, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 65.90, 34.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.1555 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.176 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8355, 12.0938, 3.1563)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D27 #27B1B7

analogous

#B72769 #B72D27 #B77527

triadic

#B72D27 #27B72D #2D27B7

tetradic

#B72D27 #69B727 #27B1B7 #7527B7

square

#B72D27 #69B727 #27B1B7 #7527B7

split-complementary

#B72D27 #27B775 #2769B7

monochromatic

#521411 #85211C #B72D27 #D74A44 #E27B76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#B72D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B72D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D27

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D27	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.176 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67162',
    500: '#b72d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d27;
$custom-light: #d67162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51541,
    "c": 0.17571,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D27

secondary

#70C6C9

accent

#E1E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D27

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

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