#A72236#A72236

#A72236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.168 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72236
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 54)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(351, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 53.51, 22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 58.17, 23.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.1586 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.168 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1761, 9.6285, 4.4434)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72236 #22A793

analogous

#A72279 #A72236 #A75022

triadic

#A72236 #36A722 #2236A7

tetradic

#A72236 #79A722 #22A793 #5022A7

square

#A72236 #79A722 #22A793 #5022A7

split-complementary

#A72236 #22A750 #2279A7

monochromatic

#410D15 #741826 #A72236 #D5314A #DF6477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A72236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A72236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72236

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72236	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.168 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b6c',
    500: '#a72236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72236;
$custom-light: #c96b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.977,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47923,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72236

secondary

#60C5B6

accent

#E9CF3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72236

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

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