#A72F39#A72F39

#A72F39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.156 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72F39
RGB	rgb(167, 47, 57)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 65.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.81, 49.26, 23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.81, 54.36, 25.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.16% 0.1457 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(49.16% 0.156 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6932, 10.5465, 4.9741)
Luminance	0.1054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72F39 #2FA79D

analogous

#A72F75 #A72F39 #A7612F

triadic

#A72F39 #39A72F #2F39A7

tetradic

#A72F39 #75A72F #2FA79D #612FA7

square

#A72F39 #75A72F #2FA79D #612FA7

split-complementary

#A72F39 #2FA761 #2F75A7

monochromatic

#471418 #772229 #A72F39 #CB4853 #D97880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#A72F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A72F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72F39

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72F39	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70734

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 47, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.156 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8706f',
    500: '#a72f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72f39;
$custom-light: #c8706f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49157,
    "c": 0.15556,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72F39

secondary

#71C1BA

accent

#DFD348

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72F39

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

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