#A72B3B#A72B3B

#A72B3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.159 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72B3B
RGB	rgb(167, 43, 59)
HSL	hsl(352, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(352, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 64.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.31, 50.86, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.31, 55.07, 22.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.8% 0.1512 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(48.8% 0.159 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5915, 10.2616, 5.1912)
Luminance	0.1026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72B3B #2BA797

analogous

#A72B79 #A72B3B #A7592B

triadic

#A72B3B #3BA72B #2B3BA7

tetradic

#A72B3B #79A72B #2BA797 #592BA7

square

#A72B3B #79A72B #2BA797 #592BA7

split-complementary

#A72B3B #2BA759 #2B79A7

monochromatic

#461219 #761E2A #A72B3B #CE4153 #DB727F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A72B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A72B3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72B3B

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72B3B	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)

#4E4A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 43, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.159 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e70',
    500: '#a72b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72b3b;
$custom-light: #c86e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.258,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48798,
    "c": 0.15941,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72B3B

secondary

#6CC2B7

accent

#E2CE46

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72B3B

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

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