#A72F40#A72F40

#A72F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.155 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72F40
RGB	rgb(167, 47, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 61.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.94, 49.70, 18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.94, 53.14, 20.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.3% 0.1485 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(49.3% 0.155 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8801, 10.6212, 5.9581)
Luminance	0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72F40 #2FA796

analogous

#A72F7C #A72F40 #A75A2F

triadic

#A72F40 #40A72F #2F40A7

tetradic

#A72F40 #7CA72F #2FA796 #5A2FA7

square

#A72F40 #7CA72F #2FA796 #5A2FA7

split-complementary

#A72F40 #2FA75A #2F7CA7

monochromatic

#47141B #77222E #A72F40 #CB485A #D97885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#A72F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A72F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72F40

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72F40	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E653D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70C36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 47, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.155 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87074',
    500: '#a72f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72f40;
$custom-light: #c87074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.5,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49295,
    "c": 0.15533,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72F40

secondary

#71C1B6

accent

#DFCA48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72F40

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

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