#A72937#A72937

#A72937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.161 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72937
RGB	rgb(167, 41, 55)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.99, 51.32, 23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.99, 56.33, 24.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.1518 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.161 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4208, 10.0798, 4.6420)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72937 #29A799

analogous

#A72976 #A72937 #A75A29

triadic

#A72937 #37A729 #2937A7

tetradic

#A72937 #76A729 #29A799 #5A29A7

square

#A72937 #76A729 #29A799 #5A29A7

split-complementary

#A72937 #29A75A #2976A7

monochromatic

#451117 #761D27 #A72937 #D03E4E #DC6F7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A72937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A72937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72937

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72937	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 41, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.161 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96d6d',
    500: '#a72937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72937;
$custom-light: #c96d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 60.577,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48536,
    "c": 0.16143,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72937

secondary

#69C2B9

accent

#E4D244

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72937

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →