#A72D2D#A72D2D

#A72D2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.159 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D2D
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 45)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.35, 49.38, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.35, 57.67, 31.10°)
OKLab	oklab(48.76% 0.1434 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(48.76% 0.159 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3503, 10.2843, 3.5536)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D2D #2DA7A7

analogous

#A72D6A #A72D2D #A76A2D

triadic

#A72D2D #2DA72D #2D2DA7

tetradic

#A72D2D #6AA72D #2DA7A7 #6A2DA7

square

#A72D2D #6AA72D #2DA7A7 #6A2DA7

split-complementary

#A72D2D #2DA76A #2D6AA7

monochromatic

#471313 #772020 #A72D2D #CD4444 #DA7575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A72D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A72D2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D2D

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D2D	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50492C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.159 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96f66',
    500: '#a72d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d2d;
$custom-light: #c96f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48757,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D2D

secondary

#6EC1C1

accent

#E1E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D2D

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

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