#C72D2E#C72D2E

#C72D2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.190 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72D2E
RGB	rgb(199, 45, 46)
HSL	hsl(360, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(360, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 76.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, 59.33, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 70.36, 32.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.49% 0.1711 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(54.49% 0.19 26)
XYZ	xyz(24.9877, 14.2201, 4.0133)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72D2E #2DC7C6

analogous

#C72D7B #C72D2E #C7792D

triadic

#C72D2E #2EC72D #2D2EC7

tetradic

#C72D2E #7BC72D #2DC7C6 #792DC7

square

#C72D2E #7BC72D #2DC7C6 #792DC7

split-complementary

#C72D2E #2DC779 #2D7BC7

monochromatic

#631617 #952222 #C72D2E #D95859 #E58A8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#C72D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#C72D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72D2E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72D2E	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)

#5D542C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 45, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.190 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17467',
    500: '#c72d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72d2e;
$custom-light: #e17467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.61,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54488,
    "c": 0.19041,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.14216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72D2E

secondary

#81CECE

accent

#E6E542

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72D2E

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

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