#B72E34#B72E34

#B72E34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.173 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E34
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 52)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 71.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.65, 54.41, 30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.65, 62.24, 29.05°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.1589 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.173 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1277, 12.2724, 4.5045)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E34 #2EB7B1

analogous

#B72E79 #B72E34 #B76C2E

triadic

#B72E34 #34B72E #2E34B7

tetradic

#B72E34 #79B72E #2EB7B1 #6C2EB7

square

#B72E34 #79B72E #2EB7B1 #6C2EB7

split-complementary

#B72E34 #2EB76C #2E79B7

monochromatic

#551518 #862226 #B72E34 #D34F55 #DF8084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#B72E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B72E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E34

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E34	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.173 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5726b',
    500: '#b72e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e34;
$custom-light: #d5726b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.372,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51801,
    "c": 0.1733,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E34

secondary

#79C8C5

accent

#E3DC45

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E34

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

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