#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
RGB	rgb(199, 44, 45)
HSL	hsl(360, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(360, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.9%, 77.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, 59.59, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 70.82, 32.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.1718 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.191 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9305, 14.1369, 3.8981)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##C72C2D	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C72C2D

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

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