#AF272A#AF272A

#AF272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.172 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF272A
RGB	rgb(175, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 76%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.13, 53.82, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.13, 63.07, 31.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% 0.1558 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.172 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8249, 10.7351, 3.2709)
Luminance	0.1073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF272A #27AFAC

analogous

#AF276E #AF272A #AF6827

triadic

#AF272A #2AAF27 #272AAF

tetradic

#AF272A #6EAF27 #27AFAC #6827AF

square

#AF272A #6EAF27 #27AFAC #6827AF

split-complementary

#AF272A #27AF68 #276EAF

monochromatic

#4B1112 #7D1C1E #AF272A #D43F42 #DF7173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#AF272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#AF272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF272A

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF272A	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.172 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06d64',
    500: '#af272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af272a;
$custom-light: #d06d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.676,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49608,
    "c": 0.17221,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF272A

secondary

#6BC6C4

accent

#E7E341

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF272A

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

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