#A72D36#A72D36

#A72D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.158 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D36
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 54)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.48, 49.84, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.48, 55.51, 26.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.9% 0.1469 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(48.9% 0.158 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5425, 10.3612, 4.5655)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D36 #2DA79E

analogous

#A72D73 #A72D36 #A7612D

triadic

#A72D36 #36A72D #2D36A7

tetradic

#A72D36 #73A72D #2DA79E #612DA7

square

#A72D36 #73A72D #2DA79E #612DA7

split-complementary

#A72D36 #2DA761 #2D73A7

monochromatic

#471317 #772026 #A72D36 #CD444F #DA757C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A72D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A72D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D36

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D36	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.158 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86f6d',
    500: '#a72d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d36;
$custom-light: #c86f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.574,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48901,
    "c": 0.15773,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D36

secondary

#6EC1BB

accent

#E1D547

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D36

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

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