#B72F48#B72F48

#B72F48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.172 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72F48
RGB	rgb(183, 47, 72)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 60.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.11, 55.20, 18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.11, 58.22, 18.55°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.1655 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.172 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7169, 12.5713, 7.4126)
Luminance	0.1257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72F48 #2FB79E

analogous

#B72F8C #B72F48 #B75A2F

triadic

#B72F48 #48B72F #2F48B7

tetradic

#B72F48 #8CB72F #2FB79E #5A2FB7

square

#B72F48 #8CB72F #2FB79E #5A2FB7

split-complementary

#B72F48 #2FB75A #2F8CB7

monochromatic

#561622 #862235 #B72F48 #D25169 #DF8293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#B72F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#B72F48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72F48

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72F48	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C80039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 47, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.172 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4737a',
    500: '#b72f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72f48;
$custom-light: #d4737a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.971,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52256,
    "c": 0.17161,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72F48

secondary

#7AC8BA

accent

#E2C545

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72F48

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

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