#B72D29#B72D29

#B72D29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.175 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D29
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 77.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 54.29, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 65.34, 33.81°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.1561 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.175 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8695, 12.1074, 3.3355)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D29 #29B3B7

analogous

#B7296C #B72D29 #B77429

triadic

#B72D29 #29B72D #2D29B7

tetradic

#B72D29 #6CB729 #29B3B7 #7429B7

square

#B72D29 #6CB729 #29B3B7 #7429B7

split-complementary

#B72D29 #29B774 #296CB7

monochromatic

#531413 #85211E #B72D29 #D64B47 #E17C79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#B72D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B72D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D29

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D29	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)

#574E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.175 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67163',
    500: '#b72d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d29;
$custom-light: #d67163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.69,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51564,
    "c": 0.17544,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D29

secondary

#73C7C9

accent

#E2E641

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D29

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

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