#B72E35#B72E35

#B72E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.173 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E35
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 53)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 71%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 54.46, 29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 62.00, 28.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% 0.1592 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.173 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1504, 12.2815, 4.6244)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E35 #2EB7B0

analogous

#B72E7A #B72E35 #B76B2E

triadic

#B72E35 #35B72E #2E35B7

tetradic

#B72E35 #7AB72E #2EB7B0 #6B2EB7

square

#B72E35 #7AB72E #2EB7B0 #6B2EB7

split-complementary

#B72E35 #2EB76B #2E7AB7

monochromatic

#551519 #862227 #B72E35 #D34F56 #DF8085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#B72E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B72E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E35

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E35	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.173 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5726c',
    500: '#b72e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e35;
$custom-light: #d5726c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.934,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51816,
    "c": 0.1732,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E35

secondary

#79C8C4

accent

#E3DB45

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E35

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

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