#C72C3D#C72C3D

#C72C3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.190 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72C3D
RGB	rgb(199, 44, 61)
HSL	hsl(353, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.9%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 60.26, 29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 66.93, 25.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.1774 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.19 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2990, 14.2843, 5.8390)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72C3D #2CC7B6

analogous

#C72C8B #C72C3D #C7682C

triadic

#C72C3D #3DC72C #2C3DC7

tetradic

#C72C3D #8BC72C #2CC7B6 #682CC7

square

#C72C3D #8BC72C #2CC7B6 #682CC7

split-complementary

#C72C3D #2CC768 #2C8BC7

monochromatic

#63161E #95212E #C72C3D #DA5665 #E58993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#C72C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C72C3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72C3D

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72C3D	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B553C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 44, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.190 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17372',
    500: '#c72c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72c3d;
$custom-light: #e17372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.419,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54619,
    "c": 0.18982,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72C3D

secondary

#80CFC6

accent

#E7D541

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEC

border

#D6C8C7

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72C3D

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

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