#B72E45#B72E45

#B72E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.172 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E45
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 69)
HSL	hsl(350, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 62.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.93, 55.34, 20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.93, 58.90, 20.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% 0.1654 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.172 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5818, 12.4541, 6.8965)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E45 #2EB7A0

analogous

#B72E8A #B72E45 #B75C2E

triadic

#B72E45 #45B72E #2E45B7

tetradic

#B72E45 #8AB72E #2EB7A0 #5C2EB7

square

#B72E45 #8AB72E #2EB7A0 #5C2EB7

split-complementary

#B72E45 #2EB75C #2E8AB7

monochromatic

#551520 #862233 #B72E45 #D34F65 #DF8090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#B72E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B72E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E45

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E45	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)

#545145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.172 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47278',
    500: '#b72e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e45;
$custom-light: #d47278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.927,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52102,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E45

secondary

#79C8BB

accent

#E3C845

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E45

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

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