#C72E2B#C72E2B

#C72E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.190 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72E2B
RGB	rgb(199, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 78.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 58.92, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 70.99, 33.90°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1692 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.19 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9692, 14.2745, 3.7256)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72E2B #2BC4C7

analogous

#C72B76 #C72E2B #C77C2B

triadic

#C72E2B #2BC72E #2E2BC7

tetradic

#C72E2B #76C72B #2BC4C7 #7C2BC7

square

#C72E2B #76C72B #2BC4C7 #7C2BC7

split-complementary

#C72E2B #2BC77C #2B76C7

monochromatic

#621715 #952220 #C72E2B #DA5855 #E58987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#C72E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#C72E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72E2B

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72E2B	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.190 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e27465',
    500: '#c72e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72e2b;
$custom-light: #e27465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54535,
    "c": 0.19001,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72E2B

secondary

#7FCDCF

accent

#E4E740

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72E2B

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

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