#B72D35#B72D35

#B72D35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.174 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D35
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 53)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 71%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.54, 54.79, 29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.54, 62.23, 28.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.73% 0.1603 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(51.73% 0.174 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1118, 12.2043, 4.6115)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D35 #2DB7AF

analogous

#B72D7A #B72D35 #B76A2D

triadic

#B72D35 #35B72D #2D35B7

tetradic

#B72D35 #7AB72D #2DB7AF #6A2DB7

square

#B72D35 #7AB72D #2DB7AF #6A2DB7

split-complementary

#B72D35 #2DB76A #2D7AB7

monochromatic

#551519 #862127 #B72D35 #D34E56 #DF7F85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#B72D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B72D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D35

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D35	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.174 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5716c',
    500: '#b72d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d35;
$custom-light: #d5716c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51726,
    "c": 0.17407,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D35

secondary

#78C8C4

accent

#E4DA44

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D35

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

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