#A72E2D#A72E2D

#A72E2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.158 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E2D
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 45)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.48, 49.00, 29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.48, 57.43, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.86% 0.1423 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(48.86% 0.158 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3889, 10.3616, 3.5665)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E2D #2DA6A7

analogous

#A72D69 #A72E2D #A76B2D

triadic

#A72E2D #2DA72E #2E2DA7

tetradic

#A72E2D #69A72D #2DA6A7 #6B2DA7

square

#A72E2D #69A72D #2DA6A7 #6B2DA7

split-complementary

#A72E2D #2DA76B #2D69A7

monochromatic

#471313 #772120 #A72E2D #CD4644 #DA7675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A72E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A72E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E2D

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E2D	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)

#514A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.158 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96f66',
    500: '#a72e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e2d;
$custom-light: #c96f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.492,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48858,
    "c": 0.15773,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E2D

secondary

#6EC1C1

accent

#E0E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E2D

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

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