#B72E43#B72E43

#B72E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.172 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E43
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 67)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 63.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.89, 55.22, 21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.89, 59.20, 21.14°)
OKLab	oklab(52.06% 0.1646 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(52.06% 0.172 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5208, 12.4297, 6.5751)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E43 #2EB7A2

analogous

#B72E87 #B72E43 #B75E2E

triadic

#B72E43 #43B72E #2E43B7

tetradic

#B72E43 #87B72E #2EB7A2 #5E2EB7

square

#B72E43 #87B72E #2EB7A2 #5E2EB7

split-complementary

#B72E43 #2EB75E #2E87B7

monochromatic

#55151F #862231 #B72E43 #D34F64 #DF808F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#B72E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B72E43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E43

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E43	1.00	6.03	3.49	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.172 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47277',
    500: '#b72e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e43;
$custom-light: #d47277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.803,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52062,
    "c": 0.17247,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E43

secondary

#79C8BC

accent

#E3CB45

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E43

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

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