#C72A4C#C72A4C

#C72A4C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.191 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72A4C
RGB	rgb(199, 42, 76)
HSL	hsl(347, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 61.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 61.66, 20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 64.83, 17.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% 0.185 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.191 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6884, 14.3237, 8.2482)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72A4C #2AC7A5

analogous

#C72A9B #C72A4C #C7562A

triadic

#C72A4C #4CC72A #2A4CC7

tetradic

#C72A4C #9BC72A #2AC7A5 #562AC7

square

#C72A4C #9BC72A #2AC7A5 #562AC7

split-complementary

#C72A4C #2AC756 #2A9BC7

monochromatic

#621525 #941F39 #C72A4C #DB5371 #E5869B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#C72A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C72A4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72A4C

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72A4C	1.00	5.43	3.86	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58554C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 42, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.191 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0737d',
    500: '#c72a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72a4c;
$custom-light: #e0737d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.006,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54745,
    "c": 0.19128,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72A4C

secondary

#7ECFBD

accent

#E8C440

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#170909

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72A4C

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

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