#C72C3B#C72C3B

#C72C3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.190 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72C3B
RGB	rgb(199, 44, 59)
HSL	hsl(354, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.9%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 60.17, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 67.36, 26.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% 0.1766 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.19 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2462, 14.2632, 5.5606)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72C3B #2CC7B8

analogous

#C72C88 #C72C3B #C76B2C

triadic

#C72C3B #3BC72C #2C3BC7

tetradic

#C72C3B #88C72C #2CC7B8 #6B2CC7

square

#C72C3B #88C72C #2CC7B8 #6B2CC7

split-complementary

#C72C3B #2CC76B #2C88C7

monochromatic

#63161D #95212C #C72C3B #DA5663 #E58992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#C72C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#C72C3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72C3B

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72C3B	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B543A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 44, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.190 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17371',
    500: '#c72c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72c3b;
$custom-light: #e17371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.194,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54587,
    "c": 0.18994,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72C3B

secondary

#80CFC7

accent

#E7D741

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEC

border

#D6C8C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72C3B

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

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