#C72A35#C72A35

#C72A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.192 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72A35
RGB	rgb(199, 42, 53)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 60.48, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 69.15, 29.00°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% 0.1763 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.192 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0267, 14.0590, 4.7634)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72A35 #2AC7BC

analogous

#C72A84 #C72A35 #C76D2A

triadic

#C72A35 #35C72A #2A35C7

tetradic

#C72A35 #84C72A #2AC7BC #6D2AC7

square

#C72A35 #84C72A #2AC7BC #6D2AC7

split-complementary

#C72A35 #2AC76D #2A84C7

monochromatic

#62151A #941F28 #C72A35 #DB535D #E5868D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#C72A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C72A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72A35

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72A35	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 42, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.192 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1736c',
    500: '#c72a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72a35;
$custom-light: #e1736c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.796,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54345,
    "c": 0.19192,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72A35

secondary

#7ECFC9

accent

#E8DC40

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72A35

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

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