#C72C35#C72C35

#C72C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.190 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72C35
RGB	rgb(199, 44, 53)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.9%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 59.90, 33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 68.76, 29.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1745 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.19 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0994, 14.2045, 4.7876)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72C35 #2CC7BE

analogous

#C72C83 #C72C35 #C7702C

triadic

#C72C35 #35C72C #2C35C7

tetradic

#C72C35 #83C72C #2CC7BE #702CC7

square

#C72C35 #83C72C #2CC7BE #702CC7

split-complementary

#C72C35 #2CC770 #2C83C7

monochromatic

#63161A #952128 #C72C35 #DA565E #E5898E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#C72C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#C72C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72C35

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72C35	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 44, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.190 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1736c',
    500: '#c72c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72c35;
$custom-light: #e1736c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.516,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54499,
    "c": 0.19042,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72C35

secondary

#80CFCA

accent

#E7DD41

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72C35

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

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