#A72B35#A72B35

#A72B35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.160 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72B35
RGB	rgb(167, 43, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 68.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.20, 50.51, 24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.20, 56.24, 26.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48.69% 0.1488 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(48.69% 0.16 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4447, 10.2029, 4.4183)
Luminance	0.1020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72B35 #2BA79D

analogous

#A72B73 #A72B35 #A75F2B

triadic

#A72B35 #35A72B #2B35A7

tetradic

#A72B35 #73A72B #2BA79D #5F2BA7

square

#A72B35 #73A72B #2BA79D #5F2BA7

split-complementary

#A72B35 #2BA75F #2B73A7

monochromatic

#461216 #761E26 #A72B35 #CE414C #DB727A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#A72B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A72B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72B35

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72B35	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 43, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.160 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96e6c',
    500: '#a72b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72b35;
$custom-light: #c96e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.161,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48688,
    "c": 0.15969,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72B35

secondary

#6CC2BB

accent

#E2D646

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72B35

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

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