#A72542#A72542

#A72542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.165 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72542
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 66)
HSL	hsl(347, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, 53.33, 15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 55.65, 16.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.41% 0.1605 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(48.41% 0.165 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5831, 9.9346, 6.1449)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72542 #25A78A

analogous

#A72583 #A72542 #A74925

triadic

#A72542 #42A725 #2542A7

tetradic

#A72542 #83A725 #25A78A #4925A7

square

#A72542 #83A725 #25A78A #4925A7

split-complementary

#A72542 #25A749 #2583A7

monochromatic

#430F1A #751A2E #A72542 #D33759 #DE6983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A72542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A72542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72542

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72542	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.165 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c76',
    500: '#a72542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72542;
$custom-light: #c86c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.615,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48411,
    "c": 0.16517,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72542

secondary

#64C4AE

accent

#E7C241

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72542

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

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