#C72635#C72635

#C72635 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.195 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72635
RGB	rgb(199, 38, 53)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 61.58, 33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 69.90, 28.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.06% 0.1798 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(54.06% 0.195 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8919, 13.7894, 4.7184)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72635 #26C7B8

analogous

#C72686 #C72635 #C76826

triadic

#C72635 #35C726 #2635C7

tetradic

#C72635 #86C726 #26C7B8 #6826C7

square

#C72635 #86C726 #26C7B8 #6826C7

split-complementary

#C72635 #26C768 #2686C7

monochromatic

#60121A #941C27 #C72635 #DD4D5B #E7818A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#C72635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#C72635 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72635

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72635	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 38, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.195 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1716c',
    500: '#c72635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72635;
$custom-light: #e1716c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.41,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54057,
    "c": 0.19476,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72635

secondary

#79CFC7

accent

#EBDB3D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72635

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

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