#D72E38#D72E38

#D72E38 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.204 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D72E38
RGB	rgb(215, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 64.07, 36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 73.81, 29.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% 0.1863 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.204 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7187, 16.6913, 5.3976)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D72E38 #2ED7CD

analogous

#D72E8C #D72E38 #D7782E

triadic

#D72E38 #38D72E #2E38D7

tetradic

#D72E38 #8CD72E #2ED7CD #782ED7

square

#D72E38 #8CD72E #2ED7CD #782ED7

split-complementary

#D72E38 #2ED778 #2E8CD7

monochromatic

#74161C #A82028 #D72E38 #E16169 #EB959A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#D72E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#D72E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #D72E38

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D72E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##D72E38	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED0034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d72e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.204 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed776f',
    500: '#d72e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d72e38;
$custom-light: #ed776f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d72e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.45,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57544,
    "c": 0.2037,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D72E38

secondary

#8BD6D1

accent

#EBE03D

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#180A07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D72E38

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

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