#B72E50#B72E50

#B72E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.173 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72E50
RGB	rgb(183, 46, 80)
HSL	hsl(345, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(345, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 56.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, 56.10, 13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 57.72, 13.62°)
OKLab	oklab(52.35% 0.1698 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(52.35% 0.173 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9555, 12.6036, 8.8645)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72E50 #2EB795

analogous

#B72E95 #B72E50 #B7502E

triadic

#B72E50 #50B72E #2E50B7

tetradic

#B72E50 #95B72E #2EB795 #502EB7

square

#B72E50 #95B72E #2EB795 #502EB7

split-complementary

#B72E50 #2EB750 #2E95B7

monochromatic

#551525 #86223B #B72E50 #D34F70 #DF8098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#B72E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#B72E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72E50

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72E50	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 46, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.173 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37280',
    500: '#b72e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72e50;
$custom-light: #d37280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.109,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52348,
    "c": 0.17315,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72E50

secondary

#79C8B4

accent

#E3BC45

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72E50

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

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