#A72B39#A72B39

#A72B39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.159 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72B39
RGB	rgb(167, 43, 57)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 65.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.27, 50.74, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.27, 55.43, 23.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.76% 0.1504 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(48.76% 0.159 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5406, 10.2413, 4.9232)
Luminance	0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72B39 #2BA799

analogous

#A72B77 #A72B39 #A75B2B

triadic

#A72B39 #39A72B #2B39A7

tetradic

#A72B39 #77A72B #2BA799 #5B2BA7

square

#A72B39 #77A72B #2BA799 #5B2BA7

split-complementary

#A72B39 #2BA75B #2B77A7

monochromatic

#461218 #761E28 #A72B39 #CE4151 #DB727E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#A72B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A72B39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72B39

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72B39	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 43, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.159 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e6f',
    500: '#a72b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72b39;
$custom-light: #c86e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.226,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4876,
    "c": 0.15947,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72B39

secondary

#6CC2B8

accent

#E2D146

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72B39

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

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