#C72B2B#C72B2B

#C72B2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.192 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72B2B
RGB	rgb(199, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 78.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.30, 59.82, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.30, 71.55, 33.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% 0.1721 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.192 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8561, 14.0483, 3.6879)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72B2B #2BC7C7

analogous

#C72B79 #C72B2B #C7792B

triadic

#C72B2B #2BC72B #2B2BC7

tetradic

#C72B2B #79C72B #2BC7C7 #792BC7

square

#C72B2B #79C72B #2BC7C7 #792BC7

split-complementary

#C72B2B #2BC779 #2B79C7

monochromatic

#621515 #952020 #C72B2B #DA5555 #E58787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#C72B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C72B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72B2B

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72B2B	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.192 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27365',
    500: '#c72b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72b2b;
$custom-light: #e27365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54296,
    "c": 0.19222,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72B2B

secondary

#7FCFCF

accent

#E7E740

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEDEB

border

#D7C8C6

text

#170905

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72B2B

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

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