#A72538#A72538

#A72538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.165 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72538
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 56)
HSL	hsl(351, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(351, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.53, 52.70, 22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.53, 57.11, 22.66°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% 0.1565 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.165 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3136, 9.8268, 4.7257)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72538 #25A794

analogous

#A72579 #A72538 #A75325

triadic

#A72538 #38A725 #2538A7

tetradic

#A72538 #79A725 #25A794 #5325A7

square

#A72538 #79A725 #25A794 #5325A7

split-complementary

#A72538 #25A753 #2579A7

monochromatic

#430F16 #751A27 #A72538 #D3374D #DE697A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A72538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A72538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72538

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72538	1.00	7.08	2.96	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.165 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c6e',
    500: '#a72538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72538;
$custom-light: #c96c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.231,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48203,
    "c": 0.16495,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72538

secondary

#64C4B6

accent

#E7CF41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72538

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

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