#A3272D#A3272D

#A3272D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.160 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3272D
RGB	rgb(163, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 72.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 50.24, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 57.41, 28.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.46% 0.1467 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(47.46% 0.16 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3053, 9.4295, 3.4436)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3272D #27A39D

analogous

#A3276B #A3272D #A35F27

triadic

#A3272D #2DA327 #272DA3

tetradic

#A3272D #6BA327 #27A39D #5F27A3

square

#A3272D #6BA327 #27A39D #5F27A3

split-complementary

#A3272D #27A35F #276BA3

monochromatic

#400F12 #721B1F #A3272D #CF383F #DB696F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A3272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A3272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A3272D

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A3272D	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.160 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c66',
    500: '#a3272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3272d;
$custom-light: #c66c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.097,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47462,
    "c": 0.15991,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3272D

secondary

#64C1BD

accent

#E4DD43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3272D

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

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