#B72E40#B72E40

#B72E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.173 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E40
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.84, 55.04, 23.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.84, 59.70, 22.80°)
OKLab	oklab(52% 0.1634 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(52% 0.173 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4331, 12.3946, 6.1133)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E40 #2EB7A5

analogous

#B72E84 #B72E40 #B7612E

triadic

#B72E40 #40B72E #2E40B7

tetradic

#B72E40 #84B72E #2EB7A5 #612EB7

square

#B72E40 #84B72E #2EB7A5 #612EB7

split-complementary

#B72E40 #2EB761 #2E84B7

monochromatic

#55151E #86222F #B72E40 #D34F61 #DF808D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#B72E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#B72E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E40

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E40	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.173 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47274',
    500: '#b72e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e40;
$custom-light: #d47274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.117,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52004,
    "c": 0.17251,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E40

secondary

#79C8BE

accent

#E3CE45

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E40

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

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