#A72D38#A72D38

#A72D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.158 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D38
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.52, 49.95, 23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.52, 55.10, 24.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.94% 0.1477 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(48.94% 0.158 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5904, 10.3804, 4.8180)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D38 #2DA79C

analogous

#A72D75 #A72D38 #A75F2D

triadic

#A72D38 #38A72D #2D38A7

tetradic

#A72D38 #75A72D #2DA79C #5F2DA7

square

#A72D38 #75A72D #2DA79C #5F2DA7

split-complementary

#A72D38 #2DA75F #2D75A7

monochromatic

#471318 #772028 #A72D38 #CD4451 #DA757E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#A72D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A72D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D38

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D38	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.158 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86f6e',
    500: '#a72d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d38;
$custom-light: #c86f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.59,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48936,
    "c": 0.1576,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D38

secondary

#6EC1BA

accent

#E1D347

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D38

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

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