#B72E41#B72E41

#B72E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.172 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E41
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 65)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 64.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.85, 55.10, 22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.85, 59.53, 22.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.02% 0.1638 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(52.02% 0.173 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4618, 12.4061, 6.2645)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E41 #2EB7A4

analogous

#B72E85 #B72E41 #B7602E

triadic

#B72E41 #41B72E #2E41B7

tetradic

#B72E41 #85B72E #2EB7A4 #602EB7

square

#B72E41 #85B72E #2EB7A4 #602EB7

split-complementary

#B72E41 #2EB760 #2E85B7

monochromatic

#55151E #862230 #B72E41 #D34F62 #DF808D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#B72E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#B72E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E41

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E41	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.172 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47275',
    500: '#b72e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e41;
$custom-light: #d47275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.679,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52023,
    "c": 0.1725,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E41

secondary

#79C8BD

accent

#E3CD45

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E41

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

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