#A72B36#A72B36

#A72B36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.160 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72B36
RGB	rgb(167, 43, 54)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.22, 50.57, 24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.22, 56.03, 25.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% 0.1492 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.16 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4680, 10.2122, 4.5407)
Luminance	0.1021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72B36 #2BA79C

analogous

#A72B74 #A72B36 #A75E2B

triadic

#A72B36 #36A72B #2B36A7

tetradic

#A72B36 #74A72B #2BA79C #5E2BA7

square

#A72B36 #74A72B #2BA79C #5E2BA7

split-complementary

#A72B36 #2BA75E #2B74A7

monochromatic

#461217 #761E26 #A72B36 #CE414E #DB727B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#A72B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A72B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72B36

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72B36	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)

#4E4935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 43, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.160 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96e6d',
    500: '#a72b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72b36;
$custom-light: #c96e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.677,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48705,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72B36

secondary

#6CC2BA

accent

#E2D446

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72B36

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

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