#C72631#C72631

#C72631 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.195 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72631
RGB	rgb(199, 38, 49)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 61.42, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 70.88, 29.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54% 0.1784 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.195 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8037, 13.7541, 4.2539)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72631 #26C7BC

analogous

#C72682 #C72631 #C76C26

triadic

#C72631 #31C726 #2631C7

tetradic

#C72631 #82C726 #26C7BC #6C26C7

square

#C72631 #82C726 #26C7BC #6C26C7

split-complementary

#C72631 #26C76C #2682C7

monochromatic

#601218 #941C24 #C72631 #DD4D57 #E78188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#C72631 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#C72631 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72631

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72631	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72631	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72631;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 38, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.195 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17169',
    500: '#c72631',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72631;
$custom-light: #e17169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72631",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.901,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54003,
    "c": 0.19509,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72631

secondary

#79CFCA

accent

#EBDF3D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72631

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

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