#A72C35#A72C35

#A72C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.159 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72C35
RGB	rgb(167, 44, 53)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 68.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.33, 50.15, 24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.33, 55.99, 26.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.78% 0.1476 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(48.78% 0.159 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4815, 10.2765, 4.4305)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72C35 #2CA79E

analogous

#A72C73 #A72C35 #A7612C

triadic

#A72C35 #35A72C #2C35A7

tetradic

#A72C35 #73A72C #2CA79E #612CA7

square

#A72C35 #73A72C #2CA79E #612CA7

split-complementary

#A72C35 #2CA761 #2C73A7

monochromatic

#461216 #771F26 #A72C35 #CD434D #DA737B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A72C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A72C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72C35

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72C35	1.00	6.87	3.05	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 44, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.159 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96f6c',
    500: '#a72c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72c35;
$custom-light: #c96f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.61,
    "s": 58.294,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48784,
    "c": 0.15876,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72C35

secondary

#6DC2BB

accent

#E2D646

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72C35

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

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