#C72C3E#C72C3E

#C72C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.190 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72C3E
RGB	rgb(199, 44, 62)
HSL	hsl(353, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.9%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.65, 60.31, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.65, 66.72, 25.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1777 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.19 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3262, 14.2952, 5.9822)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72C3E #2CC7B5

analogous

#C72C8C #C72C3E #C7672C

triadic

#C72C3E #3EC72C #2C3EC7

tetradic

#C72C3E #8CC72C #2CC7B5 #672CC7

square

#C72C3E #8CC72C #2CC7B5 #672CC7

split-complementary

#C72C3E #2CC767 #2C8CC7

monochromatic

#63161F #95212E #C72C3E #DA5666 #E58993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#C72C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C72C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72C3E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72C3E	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B553D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 44, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.190 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07473',
    500: '#c72c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72c3e;
$custom-light: #e07473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.032,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54636,
    "c": 0.18977,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72C3E

secondary

#80CFC5

accent

#E7D441

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEC

border

#D6C8C7

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72C3E

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

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