#C72638#C72638

#C72638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.195 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72638
RGB	rgb(199, 38, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 61.71, 31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 69.21, 26.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% 0.1809 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.195 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9630, 13.8178, 5.0933)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72638 #26C7B5

analogous

#C72689 #C72638 #C76526

triadic

#C72638 #38C726 #2638C7

tetradic

#C72638 #89C726 #26C7B5 #6526C7

square

#C72638 #89C726 #26C7B5 #6526C7

split-complementary

#C72638 #26C765 #2689C7

monochromatic

#60121B #941C2A #C72638 #DD4D5D #E7818C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#C72638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#C72638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72638

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72638	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)

#595237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 38, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.195 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1716e',
    500: '#c72638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72638;
$custom-light: #e1716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.292,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54101,
    "c": 0.19454,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72638

secondary

#79CFC6

accent

#EBD73D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEC

border

#D6C8C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72638

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

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