#B72D34#B72D34

#B72D34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.174 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D34
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 52)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 71.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 54.75, 30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 62.46, 28.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.1599 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.174 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0891, 12.1952, 4.4916)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D34 #2DB7B0

analogous

#B72D79 #B72D34 #B76B2D

triadic

#B72D34 #34B72D #2D34B7

tetradic

#B72D34 #79B72D #2DB7B0 #6B2DB7

square

#B72D34 #79B72D #2DB7B0 #6B2DB7

split-complementary

#B72D34 #2DB76B #2D79B7

monochromatic

#551518 #862126 #B72D34 #D34E55 #DF7F84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#B72D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B72D34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D34

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D34	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.174 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5716b',
    500: '#b72d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d34;
$custom-light: #d5716b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.957,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51711,
    "c": 0.17416,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D34

secondary

#78C8C4

accent

#E4DC44

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D34

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

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