#B72D44#B72D44

#B72D44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.173 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D44
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 68)
HSL	hsl(350, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 62.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.79, 55.62, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.79, 59.31, 20.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% 0.1661 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.173 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5125, 12.3646, 6.7216)
Luminance	0.1236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D44 #2DB7A0

analogous

#B72D89 #B72D44 #B75B2D

triadic

#B72D44 #44B72D #2D44B7

tetradic

#B72D44 #89B72D #2DB7A0 #5B2DB7

square

#B72D44 #89B72D #2DB7A0 #5B2DB7

split-complementary

#B72D44 #2DB75B #2D89B7

monochromatic

#55151F #862132 #B72D44 #D34E64 #DF7F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#B72D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#B72D44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D44

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D44	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.173 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47277',
    500: '#b72d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d44;
$custom-light: #d47277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51993,
    "c": 0.1734,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D44

secondary

#78C8BB

accent

#E4C944

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D44

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

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