#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
RGBrgb(183, 45, 39)
HSLhsl(3, 65%, 44%)
HSVhsv(3, 79%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.4%, 78.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(41.36, 54.22, 37.47)
CIE-LCHlch(41.36, 65.90, 34.65°)
OKLaboklab(51.54% 0.1555 0.0819)
OKLCHoklch(51.54% 0.176 27.8)
XYZxyz(20.8355, 12.0938, 3.1563)
Luminance0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##B72D271.006.143.426.14
#FFFFFF6.141.0021.001.00
#0000003.4221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.141.0021.001.00

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

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#B72D27 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva