#A72242#A72242

#A72242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.168 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72242
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.40, 54.24, 15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.40, 56.41, 15.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.17% 0.1634 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(48.17% 0.168 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4935, 9.7555, 6.1151)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72242 #22A787

analogous

#A72285 #A72242 #A74522

triadic

#A72242 #42A722 #2242A7

tetradic

#A72242 #85A722 #22A787 #4522A7

square

#A72242 #85A722 #22A787 #4522A7

split-complementary

#A72242 #22A745 #2285A7

monochromatic

#410D1A #74182E #A72242 #D53159 #DF6482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A72242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A72242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72242

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72242	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.168 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b76',
    500: '#a72242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72242;
$custom-light: #c86b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.564,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48171,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72242

secondary

#60C5AC

accent

#E9C03F

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72242

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

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