#A72536#A72536

#A72536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.165 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72536
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 54)
HSL	hsl(352, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(352, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 52.59, 23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 57.49, 23.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.17% 0.1557 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(48.17% 0.165 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2657, 9.8076, 4.4732)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72536 #25A796

analogous

#A72577 #A72536 #A75525

triadic

#A72536 #36A725 #2536A7

tetradic

#A72536 #77A725 #25A796 #5525A7

square

#A72536 #77A725 #25A796 #5525A7

split-complementary

#A72536 #25A755 #2577A7

monochromatic

#430F16 #751A26 #A72536 #D3374B #DE6978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A72536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A72536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72536

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72536	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.165 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c6c',
    500: '#a72536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72536;
$custom-light: #c96c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.154,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48166,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72536

secondary

#64C4B7

accent

#E7D141

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72536

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

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