#B72D3E#B72D3E

#B72D3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.173 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D3E
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 62)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 66.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.68, 55.26, 24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.68, 60.32, 23.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.88% 0.1637 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(51.88% 0.173 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3386, 12.2951, 5.8061)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D3E #2DB7A6

analogous

#B72D83 #B72D3E #B7612D

triadic

#B72D3E #3EB72D #2D3EB7

tetradic

#B72D3E #83B72D #2DB7A6 #612DB7

square

#B72D3E #83B72D #2DB7A6 #612DB7

split-complementary

#B72D3E #2DB761 #2D83B7

monochromatic

#55151D #86212D #B72D3E #D34E5E #DF7F8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#B72D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B72D3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D3E

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D3E	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55503E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.173 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47273',
    500: '#b72d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d3e;
$custom-light: #d47273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.609,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51877,
    "c": 0.17349,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D3E

secondary

#78C8BE

accent

#E4D044

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D3E

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

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