#C72C37#C72C37

#C72C37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.190 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72C37
RGB	rgb(199, 44, 55)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.9%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, 59.99, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 68.28, 28.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.1752 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.19 23)
XYZ	xyz(25.1464, 14.2233, 5.0350)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72C37 #2CC7BC

analogous

#C72C84 #C72C37 #C76F2C

triadic

#C72C37 #37C72C #2C37C7

tetradic

#C72C37 #84C72C #2CC7BC #6F2CC7

square

#C72C37 #84C72C #2CC7BC #6F2CC7

split-complementary

#C72C37 #2CC76F #2C84C7

monochromatic

#63161B #952129 #C72C37 #DA5660 #E5898F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#C72C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#C72C37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72C37

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72C37	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 44, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.190 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1736e',
    500: '#c72c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72c37;
$custom-light: #e1736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.742,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54527,
    "c": 0.19025,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.14219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72C37

secondary

#80CFC9

accent

#E7DB41

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72C37

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

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