#A72020#A72020

#A72020 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.171 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72020
RGB	rgb(167, 32, 32)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, 53.15, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 63.96, 33.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.45% 0.1525 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(47.45% 0.171 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7156, 9.3555, 2.2919)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72020 #20A7A7

analogous

#A72064 #A72020 #A76420

triadic

#A72020 #20A720 #2020A7

tetradic

#A72020 #64A720 #20A7A7 #6420A7

square

#A72020 #64A720 #20A7A7 #6420A7

split-complementary

#A72020 #20A764 #2064A7

monochromatic

#400C0C #741616 #A72020 #D72D2D #E16161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#A72020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A72020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72020

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72020	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B441E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 32, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.171 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca695c',
    500: '#a72020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72020;
$custom-light: #ca695c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47451,
    "c": 0.1708,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72020

secondary

#5DC5C5

accent

#EBEB3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72020

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

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