#C72E36#C72E36

#C72E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.189 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72E36
RGB	rgb(199, 46, 54)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 59.34, 33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 68.11, 29.40°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.1729 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.189 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1990, 14.3664, 4.9355)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72E36 #2EC7BF

analogous

#C72E82 #C72E36 #C7732E

triadic

#C72E36 #36C72E #2E36C7

tetradic

#C72E36 #82C72E #2EC7BF #732EC7

square

#C72E36 #82C72E #2EC7BF #732EC7

split-complementary

#C72E36 #2EC773 #2E82C7

monochromatic

#64171B #952329 #C72E36 #D95960 #E48B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#C72E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#C72E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72E36

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72E36	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 46, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.189 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1746d',
    500: '#c72e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72e36;
$custom-light: #e1746d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.863,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54673,
    "c": 0.18879,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72E36

secondary

#83CECA

accent

#E6DD42

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEB

border

#D6C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72E36

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

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