#B72E29#B72E29

#B72E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.175 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E29
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 77.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.51, 53.95, 36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.51, 65.13, 34.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.155 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.175 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9081, 12.1846, 3.3484)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E29 #29B2B7

analogous

#B7296B #B72E29 #B77529

triadic

#B72E29 #29B72E #2E29B7

tetradic

#B72E29 #6BB729 #29B2B7 #7529B7

square

#B72E29 #6BB729 #29B2B7 #7529B7

split-complementary

#B72E29 #29B775 #296BB7

monochromatic

#531513 #85211E #B72E29 #D64C47 #E17D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#B72E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B72E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E29

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E29	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.175 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67263',
    500: '#b72e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e29;
$custom-light: #d67263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.113,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51654,
    "c": 0.17462,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E29

secondary

#73C6C9

accent

#E1E641

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E29

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

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