#A72F42#A72F42

#A72F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.155 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72F42
RGB	rgb(167, 47, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.98, 49.84, 17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.98, 52.85, 19.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.34% 0.1493 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(49.34% 0.155 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9380, 10.6444, 6.2632)
Luminance	0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72F42 #2FA794

analogous

#A72F7E #A72F42 #A7582F

triadic

#A72F42 #42A72F #2F42A7

tetradic

#A72F42 #7EA72F #2FA794 #582FA7

square

#A72F42 #7EA72F #2FA794 #582FA7

split-complementary

#A72F42 #2FA758 #2F7EA7

monochromatic

#47141C #77222F #A72F42 #CB485D #D97887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#A72F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A72F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72F42

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72F42	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)

#4F4C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70D37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 47, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.155 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87076',
    500: '#a72f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72f42;
$custom-light: #c87076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.5,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49338,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72F42

secondary

#71C1B4

accent

#DFC748

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72F42

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

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