#C72826#C72826

#C72826 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.195 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72826
RGB	rgb(199, 40, 38)
HSL	hsl(1, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, 60.52, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 73.46, 34.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.1732 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.195 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6649, 13.8037, 3.1990)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72826 #26C5C7

analogous

#C72675 #C72826 #C77926

triadic

#C72826 #26C728 #2826C7

tetradic

#C72826 #75C726 #26C5C7 #7926C7

square

#C72826 #75C726 #26C5C7 #7926C7

split-complementary

#C72826 #26C779 #2675C7

monochromatic

#601312 #941E1C #C72826 #DD4F4D #E78281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#C72826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#C72826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72826

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72826	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)

#5B5223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82741E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 40, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.195 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27162',
    500: '#c72826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72826;
$custom-light: #e27162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.745,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54019,
    "c": 0.19488,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72826

secondary

#79CECF

accent

#E9EB3D

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEDEA

border

#D7C8C6

text

#180905

muted

#867B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72826

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

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