#B72E48#B72E48

#B72E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.173 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E48
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 72)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 60.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, 55.54, 18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 58.50, 18.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.16% 0.1666 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(52.16% 0.173 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6773, 12.4923, 7.3994)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E48 #2EB79D

analogous

#B72E8D #B72E48 #B7582E

triadic

#B72E48 #48B72E #2E48B7

tetradic

#B72E48 #8DB72E #2EB79D #582EB7

square

#B72E48 #8DB72E #2EB79D #582EB7

split-complementary

#B72E48 #2EB758 #2E8DB7

monochromatic

#551522 #862235 #B72E48 #D34F68 #DF8092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#B72E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B72E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E48

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E48	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.173 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4727a',
    500: '#b72e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e48;
$custom-light: #d4727a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.613,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52165,
    "c": 0.17256,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E48

secondary

#79C8B9

accent

#E3C545

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E48

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

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