#A72F36#A72F36

#A72F36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.156 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72F36
RGB	rgb(167, 47, 54)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.76, 49.08, 24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.76, 54.99, 26.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.1% 0.1445 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(49.1% 0.156 22)
XYZ	xyz(17.6206, 10.5175, 4.5916)
Luminance	0.1051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72F36 #2FA7A0

analogous

#A72F72 #A72F36 #A7642F

triadic

#A72F36 #36A72F #2F36A7

tetradic

#A72F36 #72A72F #2FA7A0 #642FA7

square

#A72F36 #72A72F #2FA7A0 #642FA7

split-complementary

#A72F36 #2FA764 #2F72A7

monochromatic

#471417 #772227 #A72F36 #CB484F #D9787D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#A72F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#A72F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72F36

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72F36	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70533

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 47, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.156 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8706d',
    500: '#a72f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72f36;
$custom-light: #c8706d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.5,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49104,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.10515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72F36

secondary

#71C1BC

accent

#DFD748

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72F36

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

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