#A72E32#A72E32

#A72E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.157 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E32
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 50)
HSL	hsl(358, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 70.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.56, 49.25, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.56, 56.17, 28.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.93% 0.1441 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(48.93% 0.157 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4910, 10.4024, 4.1039)
Luminance	0.1040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E32 #2EA7A3

analogous

#A72E6E #A72E32 #A7672E

triadic

#A72E32 #32A72E #2E32A7

tetradic

#A72E32 #6EA72E #2EA7A3 #672EA7

square

#A72E32 #6EA72E #2EA7A3 #672EA7

split-complementary

#A72E32 #2EA767 #2E6EA7

monochromatic

#471415 #772124 #A72E32 #CC464B #D97679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A72E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A72E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E32

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E32	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)

#504A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F642E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.157 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9706a',
    500: '#a72e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e32;
$custom-light: #c9706a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.017,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48934,
    "c": 0.15713,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E32

secondary

#70C1BF

accent

#E0DB48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E32

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

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