#A72237#A72237

#A72237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.167 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72237
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 55)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(351, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 53.57, 22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 57.99, 22.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% 0.159 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.167 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1999, 9.6380, 4.5684)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72237 #22A792

analogous

#A7227A #A72237 #A74F22

triadic

#A72237 #37A722 #2237A7

tetradic

#A72237 #7AA722 #22A792 #4F22A7

square

#A72237 #7AA722 #22A792 #4F22A7

split-complementary

#A72237 #22A74F #227AA7

monochromatic

#410D16 #741826 #A72237 #D5314B #DF6477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A72237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A72237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72237

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72237	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.167 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b6d',
    500: '#a72237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72237;
$custom-light: #c96b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47942,
    "c": 0.16748,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72237

secondary

#60C5B5

accent

#E9CE3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72237

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

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