#A72E34#A72E34

#A72E34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.157 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E34
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 52)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 68.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.59, 49.35, 25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.59, 55.70, 27.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% 0.1449 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.157 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5351, 10.4200, 4.3361)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E34 #2EA7A1

analogous

#A72E71 #A72E34 #A7652E

triadic

#A72E34 #34A72E #2E34A7

tetradic

#A72E34 #71A72E #2EA7A1 #652EA7

square

#A72E34 #71A72E #2EA7A1 #652EA7

split-complementary

#A72E34 #2EA765 #2E71A7

monochromatic

#471416 #772125 #A72E34 #CC464D #D9767B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#A72E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A72E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E34

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E34	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80131

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.157 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9706b',
    500: '#a72e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e34;
$custom-light: #c9706b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.025,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48967,
    "c": 0.15694,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E34

secondary

#70C1BD

accent

#E0D948

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E34

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

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