#C72E30#C72E30

#C72E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.189 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72E30
RGB	rgb(199, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 59.10, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 69.64, 31.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.59% 0.1708 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(54.59% 0.189 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0667, 14.3135, 4.2386)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72E30 #2EC7C5

analogous

#C72E7C #C72E30 #C7792E

triadic

#C72E30 #30C72E #2E30C7

tetradic

#C72E30 #7CC72E #2EC7C5 #792EC7

square

#C72E30 #7CC72E #2EC7C5 #792EC7

split-complementary

#C72E30 #2EC779 #2E7CC7

monochromatic

#641718 #952324 #C72E30 #D9595B #E48B8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#C72E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C72E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72E30

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72E30	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D552E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.189 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17469',
    500: '#c72e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72e30;
$custom-light: #e17469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.216,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54594,
    "c": 0.18942,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72E30

secondary

#83CECD

accent

#E6E342

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72E30

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

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