#C72E35#C72E35

#C72E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.189 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72E35
RGB	rgb(199, 46, 53)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 59.29, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 68.36, 29.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.1725 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.189 24)
XYZ	xyz(25.1757, 14.3571, 4.8131)
Luminance	0.1435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72E35 #2EC7C0

analogous

#C72E81 #C72E35 #C7732E

triadic

#C72E35 #35C72E #2E35C7

tetradic

#C72E35 #81C72E #2EC7C0 #732EC7

square

#C72E35 #81C72E #2EC7C0 #732EC7

split-complementary

#C72E35 #2EC773 #2E81C7

monochromatic

#64171B #952328 #C72E35 #D9595F #E48B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#C72E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#C72E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72E35

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72E35	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 46, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.189 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1746c',
    500: '#c72e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72e35;
$custom-light: #e1746c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.255,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54659,
    "c": 0.18889,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.14353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72E35

secondary

#83CECB

accent

#E6DE42

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72E35

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

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