#C72A37#C72A37

#C72A37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.192 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72A37
RGB	rgb(199, 42, 55)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 60.57, 32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 68.68, 28.12°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% 0.177 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.192 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0737, 14.0778, 5.0108)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72A37 #2AC7BA

analogous

#C72A85 #C72A37 #C76C2A

triadic

#C72A37 #37C72A #2A37C7

tetradic

#C72A37 #85C72A #2AC7BA #6C2AC7

square

#C72A37 #85C72A #2AC7BA #6C2AC7

split-complementary

#C72A37 #2AC76C #2A85C7

monochromatic

#62151B #941F29 #C72A37 #DB535F #E5868E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#C72A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C72A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72A37

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72A37	1.00	5.50	3.81	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 42, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.192 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1736e',
    500: '#c72a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72a37;
$custom-light: #e1736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.032,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54374,
    "c": 0.19176,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72A37

secondary

#7ECFC8

accent

#E8DA40

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72A37

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

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