#A72A42#A72A42

#A72A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.160 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72A42
RGB	rgb(167, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.32, 51.66, 16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.32, 54.30, 17.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% 0.1551 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.16 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7495, 10.2673, 6.2004)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72A42 #2AA78F

analogous

#A72A80 #A72A42 #A7502A

triadic

#A72A42 #42A72A #2A42A7

tetradic

#A72A42 #80A72A #2AA78F #502AA7

square

#A72A42 #80A72A #2AA78F #502AA7

split-complementary

#A72A42 #2AA750 #2A80A7

monochromatic

#45111B #761E2F #A72A42 #CF3F5B #DB7085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A72A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A72A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72A42

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72A42	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C643F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.160 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e76',
    500: '#a72a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72a42;
$custom-light: #c86e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.48,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4885,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72A42

secondary

#6BC2B1

accent

#E3C545

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72A42

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

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