#A72B49#A72B49

#A72B49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.160 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72B49
RGB	rgb(167, 43, 73)
HSL	hsl(345, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(345, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 56.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.60, 51.82, 12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.60, 53.34, 13.71°)
OKLab	oklab(49.11% 0.1568 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(49.11% 0.16 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0045, 10.4268, 7.3665)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72B49 #2BA789

analogous

#A72B87 #A72B49 #A74B2B

triadic

#A72B49 #49A72B #2B49A7

tetradic

#A72B49 #87A72B #2BA789 #4B2BA7

square

#A72B49 #87A72B #2BA789 #4B2BA7

split-complementary

#A72B49 #2BA74B #2B87A7

monochromatic

#46121E #761E34 #A72B49 #CE4163 #DB728B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#A72B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A72B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72B49

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72B49	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)

#4B4B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 43, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.160 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f7b',
    500: '#a72b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72b49;
$custom-light: #c76f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.484,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49107,
    "c": 0.15997,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72B49

secondary

#6CC2AD

accent

#E2BC46

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72B49

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

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