#A72E35#A72E35

#A72E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.157 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E35
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 53)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 68.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.60, 49.41, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.60, 55.47, 27.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.1453 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.157 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5578, 10.4291, 4.4560)
Luminance	0.1043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E35 #2EA7A0

analogous

#A72E72 #A72E35 #A7642E

triadic

#A72E35 #35A72E #2E35A7

tetradic

#A72E35 #72A72E #2EA7A0 #642EA7

square

#A72E35 #72A72E #2EA7A0 #642EA7

split-complementary

#A72E35 #2EA764 #2E72A7

monochromatic

#471417 #772126 #A72E35 #CC464E #D9767C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#A72E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A72E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E35

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E35	1.00	6.81	3.09	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80132

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.157 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9706c',
    500: '#a72e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e35;
$custom-light: #c9706c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.529,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48984,
    "c": 0.15684,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E35

secondary

#70C1BC

accent

#E0D748

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E35

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

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