#C72C2F#C72C2F

#C72C2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.191 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72C2F
RGB	rgb(199, 44, 47)
HSL	hsl(359, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.9%, 76.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.45, 59.67, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.45, 70.29, 31.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.1724 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.191 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9699, 14.1527, 4.1058)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72C2F #2CC7C4

analogous

#C72C7C #C72C2F #C7772C

triadic

#C72C2F #2FC72C #2C2FC7

tetradic

#C72C2F #7CC72C #2CC7C4 #772CC7

square

#C72C2F #7CC72C #2CC7C4 #772CC7

split-complementary

#C72C2F #2CC777 #2C7CC7

monochromatic

#631617 #952123 #C72C2F #DA5659 #E5898A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#C72C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#C72C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72C2F

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72C2F	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C542D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 44, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.191 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17368',
    500: '#c72c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72c2f;
$custom-light: #e17368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.839,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54421,
    "c": 0.19104,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72C2F

secondary

#80CFCD

accent

#E7E441

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72C2F

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

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