#B72D3C#B72D3C

#B72D3C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.174 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D3C
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 60)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 67.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.65, 55.15, 25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.65, 60.70, 24.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.84% 0.163 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(51.84% 0.174 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2848, 12.2735, 5.5224)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D3C #2DB7A8

analogous

#B72D81 #B72D3C #B7632D

triadic

#B72D3C #3CB72D #2D3CB7

tetradic

#B72D3C #81B72D #2DB7A8 #632DB7

square

#B72D3C #81B72D #2DB7A8 #632DB7

split-complementary

#B72D3C #2DB763 #2D81B7

monochromatic

#55151C #86212C #B72D3C #D34E5C #DF7F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#B72D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B72D3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D3C

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D3C	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55503B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.174 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47271',
    500: '#b72d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d3c;
$custom-light: #d47271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.478,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51842,
    "c": 0.17357,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D3C

secondary

#78C8BF

accent

#E4D244

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D3C

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

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