#B72F40#B72F40

#B72F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.172 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72F40
RGB	rgb(183, 47, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 54.70, 23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 59.45, 23.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.1% 0.1624 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(52.1% 0.172 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4727, 12.4737, 6.1265)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72F40 #2FB7A6

analogous

#B72F84 #B72F40 #B7622F

triadic

#B72F40 #40B72F #2F40B7

tetradic

#B72F40 #84B72F #2FB7A6 #622FB7

square

#B72F40 #84B72F #2FB7A6 #622FB7

split-complementary

#B72F40 #2FB762 #2F84B7

monochromatic

#56161E #86222F #B72F40 #D25161 #DF828D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#B72F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B72F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72F40

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72F40	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C90036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 47, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.172 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47374',
    500: '#b72f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72f40;
$custom-light: #d47374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52095,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72F40

secondary

#7AC8BE

accent

#E2CF45

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72F40

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

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