#C72D31#C72D31

#C72D31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.190 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72D31
RGB	rgb(199, 45, 49)
HSL	hsl(358, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, 59.44, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 69.57, 31.31°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.1721 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.19 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0489, 14.2446, 4.3357)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72D31 #2DC7C3

analogous

#C72D7E #C72D31 #C7762D

triadic

#C72D31 #31C72D #2D31C7

tetradic

#C72D31 #7EC72D #2DC7C3 #762DC7

square

#C72D31 #7EC72D #2DC7C3 #762DC7

split-complementary

#C72D31 #2DC776 #2D7EC7

monochromatic

#631618 #952225 #C72D31 #D9585B #E58A8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#C72D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#C72D31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72D31

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72D31	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D542F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83752B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 45, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.190 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17469',
    500: '#c72d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72d31;
$custom-light: #e17469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.442,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54525,
    "c": 0.19007,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72D31

secondary

#81CECC

accent

#E6E242

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72D31

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

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