#A72D49#A72D49

#A72D49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.158 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D49
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 73)
HSL	hsl(346, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(346, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 56.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 51.10, 12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 52.73, 14.27°)
OKLab	oklab(49.3% 0.1545 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(49.3% 0.158 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0790, 10.5758, 7.3914)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D49 #2DA78B

analogous

#A72D86 #A72D49 #A74E2D

triadic

#A72D49 #49A72D #2D49A7

tetradic

#A72D49 #86A72D #2DA78B #4E2DA7

square

#A72D49 #86A72D #2DA78B #4E2DA7

split-complementary

#A72D49 #2DA74E #2D86A7

monochromatic

#47131F #772034 #A72D49 #CD4464 #DA758C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#A72D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A72D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D49

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D49	1.00	6.74	3.11	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.158 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7707b',
    500: '#a72d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d49;
$custom-light: #c7707b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.23,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49299,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D49

secondary

#6EC1AE

accent

#E1BD47

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D49

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

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