#A72A30#A72A30

#A72A30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.161 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72A30
RGB	rgb(167, 42, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 71.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, 50.60, 27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 57.62, 28.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.148 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.161 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2998, 10.0875, 3.8319)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72A30 #2AA7A1

analogous

#A72A6E #A72A30 #A7622A

triadic

#A72A30 #30A72A #2A30A7

tetradic

#A72A30 #6EA72A #2AA7A1 #622AA7

square

#A72A30 #6EA72A #2AA7A1 #622AA7

split-complementary

#A72A30 #2AA762 #2A6EA7

monochromatic

#451114 #761E22 #A72A30 #CF3F46 #DB7075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A72A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A72A30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72A30

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72A30	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)

#4E482F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E632C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 42, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.161 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96e68',
    500: '#a72a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72a30;
$custom-light: #c96e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.12,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4851,
    "c": 0.16104,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72A30

secondary

#6BC2BE

accent

#E3DB45

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72A30

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

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