#C72A4D#C72A4D

#C72A4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.191 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72A4D
RGB	rgb(199, 42, 77)
HSL	hsl(347, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 61.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.71, 61.72, 19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.71, 64.71, 17.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% 0.1854 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.191 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7234, 14.3377, 8.4327)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72A4D #2AC7A4

analogous

#C72A9C #C72A4D #C7552A

triadic

#C72A4D #4DC72A #2A4DC7

tetradic

#C72A4D #9CC72A #2AC7A4 #552AC7

square

#C72A4D #9CC72A #2AC7A4 #552AC7

split-complementary

#C72A4D #2AC755 #2A9CC7

monochromatic

#621526 #941F39 #C72A4D #DB5372 #E5869B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#C72A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#C72A4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72A4D

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72A4D	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57554D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA0039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 42, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.191 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0737e',
    500: '#c72a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72a4d;
$custom-light: #e0737e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.624,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54766,
    "c": 0.19133,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72A4D

secondary

#7ECFBD

accent

#E8C340

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#170909

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72A4D

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

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