#C72A4A#C72A4A

#C72A4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.191 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72A4A
RGB	rgb(199, 42, 74)
HSL	hsl(348, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 62.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 61.54, 21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 65.09, 19.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.1842 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.191 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6199, 14.2963, 7.8877)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72A4A #2AC7A7

analogous

#C72A98 #C72A4A #C7592A

triadic

#C72A4A #4AC72A #2A4AC7

tetradic

#C72A4A #98C72A #2AC7A7 #592AC7

square

#C72A4A #98C72A #2AC7A7 #592AC7

split-complementary

#C72A4A #2AC759 #2A98C7

monochromatic

#621524 #941F37 #C72A4A #DB536F #E58699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#C72A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C72A4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72A4A

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72A4A	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58554A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 42, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.191 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0737c',
    500: '#c72a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72a4a;
$custom-light: #e0737c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.771,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54704,
    "c": 0.19121,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72A4A

secondary

#7ECFBE

accent

#E8C640

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#170909

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72A4A

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

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