#A3272E#A3272E

#A3272E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.160 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3272E
RGB	rgb(163, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 71.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.81, 50.29, 27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.81, 57.17, 28.40°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.1471 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.16 23)
XYZ	xyz(16.3248, 9.4373, 3.5462)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3272E #27A39C

analogous

#A3276C #A3272E #A35E27

triadic

#A3272E #2EA327 #272EA3

tetradic

#A3272E #6CA327 #27A39C #5E27A3

square

#A3272E #6CA327 #27A39C #5E27A3

split-complementary

#A3272E #27A35E #276CA3

monochromatic

#400F12 #721B20 #A3272E #CF3840 #DB6970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A3272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A3272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A3272E

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A3272E	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B602A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.160 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c66',
    500: '#a3272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3272e;
$custom-light: #c66c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.613,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47477,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.09435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3272E

secondary

#64C1BC

accent

#E4DB43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3272E

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

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