#C72A49#C72A49

#C72A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.191 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72A49
RGB	rgb(199, 42, 73)
HSL	hsl(348, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 61.48, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 65.23, 19.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1838 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.191 16)
XYZ	xyz(25.5865, 14.2830, 7.7117)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72A49 #2AC7A8

analogous

#C72A97 #C72A49 #C75A2A

triadic

#C72A49 #49C72A #2A49C7

tetradic

#C72A49 #97C72A #2AC7A8 #5A2AC7

square

#C72A49 #97C72A #2AC7A8 #5A2AC7

split-complementary

#C72A49 #2AC75A #2A97C7

monochromatic

#621524 #941F36 #C72A49 #DB536E #E58699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#C72A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C72A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72A49

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72A49	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 42, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.191 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0737b',
    500: '#c72a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72a49;
$custom-light: #e0737b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.153,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54683,
    "c": 0.19118,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.14279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72A49

secondary

#7ECFBF

accent

#E8C740

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#170909

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72A49

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

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