#C72A55#C72A55

#C72A55 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.192 H 11.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72A55
RGB	rgb(199, 42, 85)
HSL	hsl(344, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(344, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 57.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 62.25, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 63.96, 13.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1885 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.192 11)
XYZ	xyz(26.0234, 14.4577, 10.0129)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72A55 #2AC79C

analogous

#C72AA3 #C72A55 #C74E2A

triadic

#C72A55 #55C72A #2A55C7

tetradic

#C72A55 #A3C72A #2AC79C #4E2AC7

square

#C72A55 #A3C72A #2AC79C #4E2AC7

split-complementary

#C72A55 #2AC74E #2AA3C7

monochromatic

#62152A #941F3F #C72A55 #DB5378 #E586A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#C72A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#C72A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72A55

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72A55	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 42, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.192 11.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7384',
    500: '#c72a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72a55;
$custom-light: #df7384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.567,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54945,
    "c": 0.192,
    "h": 11
  },
  "luminance": 0.14454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72A55

secondary

#7ECFB9

accent

#E8BA40

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEDEF

border

#D5C8CA

text

#17090A

muted

#857B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72A55

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

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