#A72B37#A72B37

#A72B37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.160 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72B37
RGB	rgb(167, 43, 55)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.24, 50.62, 23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.24, 55.82, 24.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.72% 0.1496 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(48.72% 0.16 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4917, 10.2217, 4.6656)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72B37 #2BA79B

analogous

#A72B75 #A72B37 #A75D2B

triadic

#A72B37 #37A72B #2B37A7

tetradic

#A72B37 #75A72B #2BA79B #5D2BA7

square

#A72B37 #75A72B #2BA79B #5D2BA7

split-complementary

#A72B37 #2BA75D #2B75A7

monochromatic

#461217 #761E27 #A72B37 #CE414F #DB727C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#A72B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A72B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72B37

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72B37	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)

#4E4936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 43, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.160 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96e6d',
    500: '#a72b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72b37;
$custom-light: #c96e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.194,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48723,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72B37

secondary

#6CC2BA

accent

#E2D346

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72B37

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

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