#C72A4F#C72A4F

#C72A4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.191 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72A4F
RGB	rgb(199, 42, 79)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 60.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 61.85, 18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 64.48, 16.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1861 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.191 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7951, 14.3664, 8.8104)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72A4F #2AC7A2

analogous

#C72A9D #C72A4F #C7542A

triadic

#C72A4F #4FC72A #2A4FC7

tetradic

#C72A4F #9DC72A #2AC7A2 #542AC7

square

#C72A4F #9DC72A #2AC7A2 #542AC7

split-complementary

#C72A4F #2AC754 #2A9DC7

monochromatic

#621527 #941F3B #C72A4F #DB5373 #E5869C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#C72A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#C72A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72A4F

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72A4F	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57554F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F754B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 42, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.191 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07380',
    500: '#c72a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72a4f;
$custom-light: #e07380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.86,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54809,
    "c": 0.19146,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72A4F

secondary

#7ECFBC

accent

#E8C040

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDEE

border

#D5C8C9

text

#17090A

muted

#857B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72A4F

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

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