#C72637#C72637

#C72637 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.195 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72637
RGB	rgb(199, 38, 55)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 61.66, 31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 69.43, 27.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% 0.1805 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.195 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9388, 13.8082, 4.9658)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72637 #26C7B6

analogous

#C72687 #C72637 #C76626

triadic

#C72637 #37C726 #2637C7

tetradic

#C72637 #87C726 #26C7B6 #6626C7

square

#C72637 #87C726 #26C7B6 #6626C7

split-complementary

#C72637 #26C766 #2687C7

monochromatic

#60121B #941C29 #C72637 #DD4D5C #E7818B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#C72637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#C72637 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72637

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72637	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 38, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.195 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1716e',
    500: '#c72637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72637;
$custom-light: #e1716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.665,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54086,
    "c": 0.19461,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72637

secondary

#79CFC6

accent

#EBD83D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72637

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

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