#A72A35#A72A35

#A72A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.161 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72A35
RGB	rgb(167, 42, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 68.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.08, 50.86, 24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.08, 56.49, 25.78°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% 0.1499 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.161 21)
XYZ	xyz(17.4088, 10.1311, 4.4063)
Luminance	0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72A35 #2AA79C

analogous

#A72A73 #A72A35 #A75D2A

triadic

#A72A35 #35A72A #2A35A7

tetradic

#A72A35 #73A72A #2AA79C #5D2AA7

square

#A72A35 #73A72A #2AA79C #5D2AA7

split-complementary

#A72A35 #2AA75D #2A73A7

monochromatic

#451116 #761E25 #A72A35 #CF3F4C #DB707A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A72A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A72A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72A35

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72A35	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 42, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.161 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96e6c',
    500: '#a72a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72a35;
$custom-light: #c96e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.72,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48593,
    "c": 0.16062,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.10128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72A35

secondary

#6BC2BA

accent

#E3D545

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72A35

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

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