#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
RGBrgb(199, 46, 48)
HSLhsl(359, 62%, 48%)
HSVhsv(359, 77%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.9%, 75.9%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(44.68, 59.10, 36.84)
CIE-LCHlch(44.68, 69.64, 31.94°)
OKLaboklab(54.59% 0.1708 0.0818)
OKLCHoklch(54.59% 0.189 25.6)
XYZxyz(25.0667, 14.3135, 4.2386)
Luminance0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##C72E301.005.443.865.44
#FFFFFF5.441.0021.001.00
#0000003.8621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.441.0021.001.00

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

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#C72E30 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva