#C72C2D#C72C2D

#C72C2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.191 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C72C2D
RGBrgb(199, 44, 45)
HSLhsl(360, 64%, 48%)
HSVhsv(360, 78%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77.9%, 77.4%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(44.43, 59.59, 38.27)
CIE-LCHlch(44.43, 70.82, 32.71°)
OKLaboklab(54.4% 0.1718 0.0841)
OKLCHoklch(54.4% 0.191 26.1)
XYZxyz(24.9305, 14.1369, 3.8981)
Luminance0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C72C2D #2CC7C6
analogous
#C72C7A #C72C2D #C7792C
triadic
#C72C2D #2DC72C #2C2DC7
tetradic
#C72C2D #7AC72C #2CC7C6 #792CC7
square
#C72C2D #7AC72C #2CC7C6 #792CC7
split-complementary
#C72C2D #2CC779 #2C7AC7
monochromatic
#631616 #952122 #C72C2D #DA5657 #E58989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49
#C72C2D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83
#C72C2D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72C2D
5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C72C2D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C72C2D1.005.493.835.49
#FFFFFF5.491.0021.001.00
#0000003.8321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.491.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C542B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#837526
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DB002F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c72c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 44, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.191 26.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27367',
    500: '#c72c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c72c2d;
$custom-light: #e27367;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c72c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.613,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54397,
    "c": 0.19127,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C72C2D
secondary
#80CFCE
accent
#E7E641
background
#FFF7F6
surface
#FEEDEB
border
#D6C8C6
text
#170906
muted
#857B7A

Preview Lab

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#C72C2D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva