#C72636#C72636

#C72636 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.195 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72636
RGB	rgb(199, 38, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.94, 61.62, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.94, 69.67, 27.81°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1802 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.195 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9151, 13.7987, 4.8408)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72636 #26C7B7

analogous

#C72687 #C72636 #C76726

triadic

#C72636 #36C726 #2636C7

tetradic

#C72636 #87C726 #26C7B7 #6726C7

square

#C72636 #87C726 #26C7B7 #6726C7

split-complementary

#C72636 #26C767 #2687C7

monochromatic

#60121A #941C28 #C72636 #DD4D5B #E7818B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#C72636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#C72636 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72636

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72636	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)

#595235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 38, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.195 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1716d',
    500: '#c72636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72636;
$custom-light: #e1716d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.037,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54072,
    "c": 0.19468,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72636

secondary

#79CFC7

accent

#EBDA3D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72636

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

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