#A72A3E#A72A3E

#A72A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.160 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72A3E
RGB	rgb(167, 42, 62)
HSL	hsl(350, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 62.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.24, 51.40, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.24, 54.84, 20.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.76% 0.1535 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(48.76% 0.16 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6356, 10.2218, 5.6009)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72A3E #2AA793

analogous

#A72A7C #A72A3E #A7542A

triadic

#A72A3E #3EA72A #2A3EA7

tetradic

#A72A3E #7CA72A #2AA793 #542AA7

square

#A72A3E #7CA72A #2AA793 #542AA7

split-complementary

#A72A3E #2AA754 #2A7CA7

monochromatic

#45111A #761E2C #A72A3E #CF3F56 #DB7081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#A72A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A72A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72A3E

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72A3E	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D493E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C633B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 42, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.160 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e73',
    500: '#a72a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72a3e;
$custom-light: #c86e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.4,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48764,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72A3E

secondary

#6BC2B4

accent

#E3CA45

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72A3E

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

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