#A72F2F#A72F2F

#A72F2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.157 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72F2F
RGB	rgb(167, 47, 47)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 71.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.65, 48.72, 28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.65, 56.66, 30.71°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% 0.1418 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.157 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4679, 10.4564, 3.7873)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72F2F #2FA7A7

analogous

#A72F6B #A72F2F #A76B2F

triadic

#A72F2F #2FA72F #2F2FA7

tetradic

#A72F2F #6BA72F #2FA7A7 #6B2FA7

square

#A72F2F #6BA72F #2FA7A7 #6B2FA7

split-complementary

#A72F2F #2FA76B #2F6BA7

monochromatic

#471414 #772222 #A72F2F #CB4848 #D97878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#A72F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A72F2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72F2F

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72F2F	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)

#514B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F642B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 47, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.157 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97067',
    500: '#a72f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72f2f;
$custom-light: #c97067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4899,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72F2F

secondary

#71C1C1

accent

#DFDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72F2F

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

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