#C72629#C72629

#C72629 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.196 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72629
RGB	rgb(199, 38, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 79.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.79, 61.15, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.79, 72.98, 33.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.91% 0.1758 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(53.91% 0.196 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6496, 13.6925, 3.4424)
Luminance	0.1369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72629 #26C7C4

analogous

#C7267A #C72629 #C77426

triadic

#C72629 #29C726 #2629C7

tetradic

#C72629 #7AC726 #26C7C4 #7426C7

square

#C72629 #7AC726 #26C7C4 #7426C7

split-complementary

#C72629 #26C774 #267AC7

monochromatic

#601214 #941C1E #C72629 #DD4D50 #E78182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#C72629 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#C72629 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72629

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72629	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72629	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72629;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 38, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.196 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27164',
    500: '#c72629',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72629;
$custom-light: #e27164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72629",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.882,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53908,
    "c": 0.19588,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72629

secondary

#79CFCE

accent

#EBE83D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEDEB

border

#D7C8C6

text

#180905

muted

#867B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72629

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

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