#A72D39#A72D39

#A72D39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.158 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D39
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 57)
HSL	hsl(354, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 65.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.53, 50.01, 22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.53, 54.90, 24.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.96% 0.148 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(48.96% 0.158 20)
XYZ	xyz(17.6151, 10.3903, 4.9481)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D39 #2DA79B

analogous

#A72D76 #A72D39 #A75E2D

triadic

#A72D39 #39A72D #2D39A7

tetradic

#A72D39 #76A72D #2DA79B #5E2DA7

square

#A72D39 #76A72D #2DA79B #5E2DA7

split-complementary

#A72D39 #2DA75E #2D76A7

monochromatic

#471318 #772029 #A72D39 #CD4452 #DA757F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A72D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A72D39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D39

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D39	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70132

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.158 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86f6f',
    500: '#a72d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d39;
$custom-light: #c86f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.098,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48955,
    "c": 0.15754,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.10388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D39

secondary

#6EC1B9

accent

#E1D247

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D39

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

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