#B72E2D#B72E2D

#B72E2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.174 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E2D
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 45)
HSL	hsl(0, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 75.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.55, 54.10, 34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.55, 64.03, 32.33°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.1564 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.174 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9815, 12.2140, 3.7349)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E2D #2DB6B7

analogous

#B72D71 #B72E2D #B7732D

triadic

#B72E2D #2DB72E #2E2DB7

tetradic

#B72E2D #71B72D #2DB6B7 #732DB7

square

#B72E2D #71B72D #2DB6B7 #732DB7

split-complementary

#B72E2D #2DB773 #2D71B7

monochromatic

#551515 #862221 #B72E2D #D34F4E #DF807F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#B72E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B72E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E2D

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E2D	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.174 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57266',
    500: '#b72e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e2d;
$custom-light: #d57266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.435,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51703,
    "c": 0.17409,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E2D

secondary

#78C8C8

accent

#E3E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E2D

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

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