#A72235#A72235

#A72235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.168 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72235
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 53)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(351, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 68.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 53.46, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 58.36, 23.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1582 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.168 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1529, 9.6192, 4.3210)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72235 #22A794

analogous

#A72277 #A72235 #A75222

triadic

#A72235 #35A722 #2235A7

tetradic

#A72235 #77A722 #22A794 #5222A7

square

#A72235 #77A722 #22A794 #5222A7

split-complementary

#A72235 #22A752 #2277A7

monochromatic

#410D15 #741825 #A72235 #D53149 #DF6476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A72235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A72235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72235

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72235	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.168 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b6c',
    500: '#a72235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72235;
$custom-light: #c96b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47905,
    "c": 0.16753,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72235

secondary

#60C5B6

accent

#E9D13F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72235

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

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