#A72036#A72036

#A72036 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.169 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72036
RGB	rgb(167, 32, 54)
HSL	hsl(350, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(350, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, 54.09, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 58.61, 22.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.1605 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.169 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1206, 9.5175, 4.4249)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72036 #20A791

analogous

#A7207A #A72036 #A74E20

triadic

#A72036 #36A720 #2036A7

tetradic

#A72036 #7AA720 #20A791 #4E20A7

square

#A72036 #7AA720 #20A791 #4E20A7

split-complementary

#A72036 #20A74E #207AA7

monochromatic

#400C15 #741625 #A72036 #D72D49 #E16176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A72036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A72036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72036

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72036	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 32, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.169 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a6c',
    500: '#a72036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72036;
$custom-light: #c96a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.222,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47772,
    "c": 0.16908,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72036

secondary

#5DC5B4

accent

#EBCE3D

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72036

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

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