#B72E30#B72E30

#B72E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.174 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E30
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 73.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.59, 54.23, 32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.59, 63.24, 30.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% 0.1574 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.174 25)
XYZ	xyz(21.0414, 12.2379, 4.0500)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E30 #2EB7B5

analogous

#B72E75 #B72E30 #B7702E

triadic

#B72E30 #30B72E #2E30B7

tetradic

#B72E30 #75B72E #2EB7B5 #702EB7

square

#B72E30 #75B72E #2EB7B5 #702EB7

split-complementary

#B72E30 #2EB770 #2E75B7

monochromatic

#551516 #862223 #B72E30 #D34F51 #DF8082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#B72E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B72E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E30

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E30	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.174 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57268',
    500: '#b72e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e30;
$custom-light: #d57268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.124,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51743,
    "c": 0.17373,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.12235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E30

secondary

#79C8C7

accent

#E3E145

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E30

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

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