#B72E38#B72E38

#B72E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.173 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E38
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.70, 54.60, 27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.70, 61.31, 27.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.1604 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.173 22)
XYZ	xyz(21.2216, 12.3100, 4.9993)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E38 #2EB7AD

analogous

#B72E7D #B72E38 #B7682E

triadic

#B72E38 #38B72E #2E38B7

tetradic

#B72E38 #7DB72E #2EB7AD #682EB7

square

#B72E38 #7DB72E #2EB7AD #682EB7

split-complementary

#B72E38 #2EB768 #2E7DB7

monochromatic

#55151A #862229 #B72E38 #D34F59 #DF8087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#B72E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B72E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E38

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E38	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.173 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5726e',
    500: '#b72e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e38;
$custom-light: #d5726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.62,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51863,
    "c": 0.17295,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.12307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E38

secondary

#79C8C2

accent

#E3D745

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E38

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

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