#A72E49#A72E49

#A72E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.157 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E49
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 73)
HSL	hsl(347, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 56.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, 50.73, 13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 52.41, 14.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.1533 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.157 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1176, 10.6530, 7.4043)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E49 #2EA78C

analogous

#A72E86 #A72E49 #A7502E

triadic

#A72E49 #49A72E #2E49A7

tetradic

#A72E49 #86A72E #2EA78C #502EA7

square

#A72E49 #86A72E #2EA78C #502EA7

split-complementary

#A72E49 #2EA750 #2E86A7

monochromatic

#47141F #772134 #A72E49 #CC4664 #D9768C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#A72E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A72E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E49

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E49	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.157 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7707b',
    500: '#a72e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e49;
$custom-light: #c7707b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.612,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49398,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E49

secondary

#70C1AF

accent

#E0BE48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E49

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

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