#C72D2F#C72D2F

#C72D2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.190 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72D2F
RGB	rgb(199, 45, 47)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 76.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 59.36, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 70.10, 32.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1715 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.19 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0076, 14.2281, 4.1183)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72D2F #2DC7C5

analogous

#C72D7C #C72D2F #C7782D

triadic

#C72D2F #2FC72D #2D2FC7

tetradic

#C72D2F #7CC72D #2DC7C5 #782DC7

square

#C72D2F #7CC72D #2DC7C5 #782DC7

split-complementary

#C72D2F #2DC778 #2D7CC7

monochromatic

#631617 #952223 #C72D2F #D9585A #E58A8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#C72D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#C72D2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72D2F

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72D2F	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)

#5D542D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 45, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.190 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17468',
    500: '#c72d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72d2f;
$custom-light: #e17468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.221,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.545,
    "c": 0.19028,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72D2F

secondary

#81CECD

accent

#E6E442

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72D2F

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

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