#C72B2C#C72B2C

#C72B2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.192 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72B2C
RGB	rgb(199, 43, 44)
HSL	hsl(360, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(360, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 59.85, 38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 71.28, 32.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1724 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.192 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8747, 14.0557, 3.7857)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72B2C #2BC7C6

analogous

#C72B7A #C72B2C #C7782B

triadic

#C72B2C #2CC72B #2B2CC7

tetradic

#C72B2C #7AC72B #2BC7C6 #782BC7

square

#C72B2C #7AC72B #2BC7C6 #782BC7

split-complementary

#C72B2C #2BC778 #2B7AC7

monochromatic

#621516 #952021 #C72B2C #DA5556 #E58788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#C72B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C72B2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72B2C

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72B2C	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)

#5C532A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 43, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.192 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27366',
    500: '#c72b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72b2c;
$custom-light: #e27366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.615,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54307,
    "c": 0.19211,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72B2C

secondary

#7FCFCE

accent

#E7E640

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72B2C

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

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