#C72639#C72639

#C72639 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.194 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72639
RGB	rgb(199, 38, 57)
HSL	hsl(353, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, 61.75, 30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 68.98, 26.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% 0.1813 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.194 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9877, 13.8277, 5.2234)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72639 #26C7B4

analogous

#C7268A #C72639 #C76426

triadic

#C72639 #39C726 #2639C7

tetradic

#C72639 #8AC726 #26C7B4 #6426C7

square

#C72639 #8AC726 #26C7B4 #6426C7

split-complementary

#C72639 #26C764 #268AC7

monochromatic

#60121C #941C2A #C72639 #DD4D5E #E7818D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#C72639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#C72639 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72639

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72639	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)

#595238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 38, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.194 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1716f',
    500: '#c72639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72639;
$custom-light: #e1716f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.919,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54116,
    "c": 0.19449,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72639

secondary

#79CFC5

accent

#EBD63D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEC

border

#D6C8C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72639

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

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