#A72E38#A72E38

#A72E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.157 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E38
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.65, 49.58, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.65, 54.83, 25.29°)
OKLab	oklab(49.04% 0.1465 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(49.04% 0.157 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6290, 10.4576, 4.8309)
Luminance	0.1046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E38 #2EA79D

analogous

#A72E75 #A72E38 #A7602E

triadic

#A72E38 #38A72E #2E38A7

tetradic

#A72E38 #75A72E #2EA79D #602EA7

square

#A72E38 #75A72E #2EA79D #602EA7

split-complementary

#A72E38 #2EA760 #2E75A7

monochromatic

#471418 #772128 #A72E38 #CC4651 #D9767E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#A72E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A72E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E38

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E38	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70333

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.157 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8706e',
    500: '#a72e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e38;
$custom-light: #c8706e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.041,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49037,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E38

secondary

#70C1BA

accent

#E0D348

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E38

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

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