#B72D42#B72D42

#B72D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.173 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D42
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.75, 55.49, 21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.75, 59.62, 21.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% 0.1653 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.173 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4525, 12.3406, 6.4056)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D42 #2DB7A2

analogous

#B72D87 #B72D42 #B75D2D

triadic

#B72D42 #42B72D #2D42B7

tetradic

#B72D42 #87B72D #2DB7A2 #5D2DB7

square

#B72D42 #87B72D #2DB7A2 #5D2DB7

split-complementary

#B72D42 #2DB75D #2D87B7

monochromatic

#55151F #862130 #B72D42 #D34E62 #DF7F8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#B72D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#B72D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D42

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D42	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.173 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47276',
    500: '#b72d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d42;
$custom-light: #d47276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.87,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51953,
    "c": 0.17339,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D42

secondary

#78C8BC

accent

#E4CB44

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D42

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

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