#C72E3A#C72E3A

#C72E3A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.188 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C72E3A
RGB	rgb(199, 46, 58)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 70.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 59.51, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 67.17, 27.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.1743 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.188 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2968, 14.4055, 5.4507)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C72E3A #2EC7BB

analogous

#C72E86 #C72E3A #C76E2E

triadic

#C72E3A #3AC72E #2E3AC7

tetradic

#C72E3A #86C72E #2EC7BB #6E2EC7

square

#C72E3A #86C72E #2EC7BB #6E2EC7

split-complementary

#C72E3A #2EC76E #2E86C7

monochromatic

#64171D #95232C #C72E3A #D95963 #E48B92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#C72E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C72E3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C72E3A

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C72E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C72E3A	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c72e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 46, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.188 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17470',
    500: '#c72e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c72e3a;
$custom-light: #e17470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c72e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.294,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54732,
    "c": 0.18844,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C72E3A

secondary

#83CEC8

accent

#E6D942

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEDEC

border

#D6C8C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C72E3A

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

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