#A72138#A72138

#A72138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.168 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72138
RGB	rgb(167, 33, 56)
HSL	hsl(350, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(350, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.10, 53.92, 21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.10, 58.03, 21.70°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% 0.1604 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.168 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1959, 9.5914, 4.6865)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72138 #21A790

analogous

#A7217B #A72138 #A74D21

triadic

#A72138 #38A721 #2138A7

tetradic

#A72138 #7BA721 #21A790 #4D21A7

square

#A72138 #7BA721 #21A790 #4D21A7

split-complementary

#A72138 #21A74D #217BA7

monochromatic

#410D16 #741727 #A72138 #D62F4C #E06278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#A72138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A72138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72138

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72138	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 33, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.168 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a6e',
    500: '#a72138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72138;
$custom-light: #c96a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.701,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47884,
    "c": 0.16828,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72138

secondary

#5FC5B4

accent

#EACC3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72138

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

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