#A72B48#A72B48

#A72B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.160 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72B48
RGB	rgb(167, 43, 72)
HSL	hsl(346, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(346, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 56.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.57, 51.74, 13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.57, 53.41, 14.36°)
OKLab	oklab(49.08% 0.1564 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(49.08% 0.16 12)
XYZ	xyz(17.9716, 10.4137, 7.1933)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72B48 #2BA78A

analogous

#A72B86 #A72B48 #A74C2B

triadic

#A72B48 #48A72B #2B48A7

tetradic

#A72B48 #86A72B #2BA78A #4C2BA7

square

#A72B48 #86A72B #2BA78A #4C2BA7

split-complementary

#A72B48 #2BA74C #2B86A7

monochromatic

#46121E #761E33 #A72B48 #CE4162 #DB728A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#A72B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A72B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72B48

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72B48	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 43, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.160 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f7a',
    500: '#a72b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72b48;
$custom-light: #c76f7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.968,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49083,
    "c": 0.15987,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.10411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72B48

secondary

#6CC2AE

accent

#E2BE46

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72B48

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

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