#B72E44#B72E44

#B72E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.172 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E44
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 68)
HSL	hsl(350, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 62.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.91, 55.28, 20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.91, 59.05, 20.57°)
OKLab	oklab(52.08% 0.165 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(52.08% 0.172 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5511, 12.4418, 6.7344)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E44 #2EB7A1

analogous

#B72E88 #B72E44 #B75D2E

triadic

#B72E44 #44B72E #2E44B7

tetradic

#B72E44 #88B72E #2EB7A1 #5D2EB7

square

#B72E44 #88B72E #2EB7A1 #5D2EB7

split-complementary

#B72E44 #2EB75D #2E88B7

monochromatic

#551520 #862232 #B72E44 #D34F64 #DF808F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#B72E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B72E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E44

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E44	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.172 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47277',
    500: '#b72e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e44;
$custom-light: #d47277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.365,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52082,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E44

secondary

#79C8BB

accent

#E3CA45

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E44

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

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