#C72C30#C72C30

#C72C30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.191 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72C30
RGB	rgb(199, 44, 48)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.9%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 59.70, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 70.03, 31.51°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.1727 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.191 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9903, 14.1608, 4.2132)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72C30 #2CC7C3

analogous

#C72C7D #C72C30 #C7762C

triadic

#C72C30 #30C72C #2C30C7

tetradic

#C72C30 #7DC72C #2CC7C3 #762CC7

square

#C72C30 #7DC72C #2CC7C3 #762CC7

split-complementary

#C72C30 #2CC776 #2C7DC7

monochromatic

#631618 #952124 #C72C30 #DA565A #E5898B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#C72C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#C72C30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72C30

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72C30	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)

#5C542E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 44, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.191 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17369',
    500: '#c72c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72c30;
$custom-light: #e17369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.452,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54433,
    "c": 0.19093,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72C30

secondary

#80CFCC

accent

#E7E341

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72C30

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

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