#B72E31#B72E31

#B72E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.174 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E31
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 49)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 73.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.60, 54.27, 31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.60, 62.98, 30.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.1578 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.174 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0622, 12.2463, 4.1599)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E31 #2EB7B4

analogous

#B72E76 #B72E31 #B76F2E

triadic

#B72E31 #31B72E #2E31B7

tetradic

#B72E31 #76B72E #2EB7B4 #6F2EB7

square

#B72E31 #76B72E #2EB7B4 #6F2EB7

split-complementary

#B72E31 #2EB76F #2E76B7

monochromatic

#551517 #862224 #B72E31 #D34F52 #DF8082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#B72E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B72E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E31

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E31	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)

#574F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.174 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57269',
    500: '#b72e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e31;
$custom-light: #d57269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.686,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51757,
    "c": 0.17362,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E31

secondary

#79C8C6

accent

#E3E045

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E31

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

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