#A72E37#A72E37

#A72E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.157 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E37
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 55)
HSL	hsl(356, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 67.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.63, 49.52, 24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.63, 55.04, 25.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% 0.1461 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.157 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6048, 10.4479, 4.7033)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E37 #2EA79E

analogous

#A72E74 #A72E37 #A7622E

triadic

#A72E37 #37A72E #2E37A7

tetradic

#A72E37 #74A72E #2EA79E #622EA7

square

#A72E37 #74A72E #2EA79E #622EA7

split-complementary

#A72E37 #2EA762 #2E74A7

monochromatic

#471417 #772127 #A72E37 #CC4650 #D9767D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#A72E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A72E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E37

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E37	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.157 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8706d',
    500: '#a72e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e37;
$custom-light: #c8706d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.537,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49019,
    "c": 0.15669,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E37

secondary

#70C1BB

accent

#E0D548

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E37

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

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