#A3272A#A3272A

#A3272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.160 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3272A
RGB	rgb(163, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 74.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 50.10, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 58.18, 30.54°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.1456 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.16 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2496, 9.4073, 3.1502)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3272A #27A3A0

analogous

#A32768 #A3272A #A36227

triadic

#A3272A #2AA327 #272AA3

tetradic

#A3272A #68A327 #27A3A0 #6227A3

square

#A3272A #68A327 #27A3A0 #6227A3

split-complementary

#A3272A #27A362 #2768A3

monochromatic

#400F11 #721B1D #A3272A #CF383C #DB696C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#A3272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A3272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A3272A

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A3272A	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.160 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c64',
    500: '#a3272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3272a;
$custom-light: #c66c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.548,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47417,
    "c": 0.16022,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3272A

secondary

#64C1BF

accent

#E4E143

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3272A

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

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