#B72E47#B72E47

#B72E47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.173 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E47
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 71)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 61.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.97, 55.47, 18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.97, 58.62, 18.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.1662 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.173 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6450, 12.4794, 7.2290)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E47 #2EB79E

analogous

#B72E8C #B72E47 #B7592E

triadic

#B72E47 #47B72E #2E47B7

tetradic

#B72E47 #8CB72E #2EB79E #592EB7

square

#B72E47 #8CB72E #2EB79E #592EB7

split-complementary

#B72E47 #2EB759 #2E8CB7

monochromatic

#551521 #862234 #B72E47 #D34F67 #DF8092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#B72E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B72E47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E47

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E47	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.173 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4727a',
    500: '#b72e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e47;
$custom-light: #d4727a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.051,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52144,
    "c": 0.17252,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E47

secondary

#79C8BA

accent

#E3C645

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E47

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

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