#B72E26#B72E26

#B72E26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.175 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E26
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 79.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, 53.84, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 65.98, 35.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.1541 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.175 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8578, 12.1645, 3.0831)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E26 #26AFB7

analogous

#B72667 #B72E26 #B77626

triadic

#B72E26 #26B72E #2E26B7

tetradic

#B72E26 #67B726 #26AFB7 #7626B7

square

#B72E26 #67B726 #26AFB7 #7626B7

split-complementary

#B72E26 #26B776 #2667B7

monochromatic

#521511 #84211B #B72E26 #D84B42 #E27B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#B72E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B72E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E26

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E26	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.175 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67261',
    500: '#b72e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e26;
$custom-light: #d67261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.31,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51621,
    "c": 0.17503,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E26

secondary

#6FC5CA

accent

#DFE93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E26

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

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