#A72840#A72840

#A72840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.162 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72840
RGB	rgb(167, 40, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 61.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.03, 52.21, 17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.03, 55.10, 18.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.62% 0.1565 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(48.62% 0.162 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6224, 10.1058, 5.8722)
Luminance	0.1010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72840 #28A78F

analogous

#A72880 #A72840 #A74F28

triadic

#A72840 #40A728 #2840A7

tetradic

#A72840 #80A728 #28A78F #4F28A7

square

#A72840 #80A728 #28A78F #4F28A7

split-complementary

#A72840 #28A74F #2880A7

monochromatic

#44101A #761C2D #A72840 #D03C58 #DC6D82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A72840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A72840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72840

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72840	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C633D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 40, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.162 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d74',
    500: '#a72840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72840;
$custom-light: #c86d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.661,
    "s": 61.353,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48624,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72840

secondary

#68C3B2

accent

#E4C643

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72840

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

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