#C72D35#C72D35

#C72D35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.190 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72D35
RGB	rgb(199, 45, 53)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.63, 59.60, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.63, 68.56, 29.62°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% 0.1735 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.19 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1371, 14.2799, 4.8002)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72D35 #2DC7BF

analogous

#C72D82 #C72D35 #C7722D

triadic

#C72D35 #35C72D #2D35C7

tetradic

#C72D35 #82C72D #2DC7BF #722DC7

square

#C72D35 #82C72D #2DC7BF #722DC7

split-complementary

#C72D35 #2DC772 #2D82C7

monochromatic

#63161A #952228 #C72D35 #D9585F #E58A8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#C72D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C72D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72D35

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72D35	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)

#5C5434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 45, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.190 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1746c',
    500: '#c72d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72d35;
$custom-light: #e1746c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.883,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54578,
    "c": 0.18966,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72D35

secondary

#81CECA

accent

#E6DE42

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72D35

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

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