#A72E2B#A72E2B

#A72E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.158 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E2B
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.46, 48.91, 31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.46, 57.97, 32.46°)
OKLab	oklab(48.83% 0.1415 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(48.83% 0.158 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3514, 10.3465, 3.3685)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E2B #2BA4A7

analogous

#A72B66 #A72E2B #A76C2B

triadic

#A72E2B #2BA72E #2E2BA7

tetradic

#A72E2B #66A72B #2BA4A7 #6C2BA7

square

#A72E2B #66A72B #2BA4A7 #6C2BA7

split-complementary

#A72E2B #2BA76C #2B66A7

monochromatic

#461312 #76211E #A72E2B #CE4541 #DB7472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A72E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A72E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E2B

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E2B	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)

#514A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.158 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96f65',
    500: '#a72e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e2b;
$custom-light: #c96f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.452,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4883,
    "c": 0.158,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E2B

secondary

#6CC0C2

accent

#DEE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E2B

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

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