#B72D30#B72D30

#B72D30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.175 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D30
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 73.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.47, 54.57, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.47, 63.46, 30.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1585 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.175 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0027, 12.1607, 4.0371)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D30 #2DB7B4

analogous

#B72D75 #B72D30 #B76F2D

triadic

#B72D30 #30B72D #2D30B7

tetradic

#B72D30 #75B72D #2DB7B4 #6F2DB7

square

#B72D30 #75B72D #2DB7B4 #6F2DB7

split-complementary

#B72D30 #2DB76F #2D75B7

monochromatic

#551516 #862123 #B72D30 #D34E51 #DF7F81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#B72D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B72D30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D30

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D30	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.175 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57168',
    500: '#b72d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d30;
$custom-light: #d57168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51653,
    "c": 0.17457,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D30

secondary

#78C8C6

accent

#E4E044

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D30

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

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