#B72E42#B72E42

#B72E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.172 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E42
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.87, 55.16, 21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.87, 59.36, 21.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.1642 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.172 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4911, 12.4178, 6.4184)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E42 #2EB7A3

analogous

#B72E86 #B72E42 #B75F2E

triadic

#B72E42 #42B72E #2E42B7

tetradic

#B72E42 #86B72E #2EB7A3 #5F2EB7

square

#B72E42 #86B72E #2EB7A3 #5F2EB7

split-complementary

#B72E42 #2EB75F #2E86B7

monochromatic

#55151F #862230 #B72E42 #D34F63 #DF808E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#B72E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#B72E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E42

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E42	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)

#545042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.172 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47276',
    500: '#b72e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e42;
$custom-light: #d47276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.241,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52042,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E42

secondary

#79C8BC

accent

#E3CC45

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E42

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

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