#A72028#A72028

#A72028 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.170 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72028
RGB	rgb(167, 32, 40)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 76%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, 53.44, 30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 61.77, 30.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.55% 0.1552 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(47.55% 0.17 24)
XYZ	xyz(16.8379, 9.4044, 2.9357)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72028 #20A79F

analogous

#A7206C #A72028 #A75B20

triadic

#A72028 #28A720 #2028A7

tetradic

#A72028 #6CA720 #20A79F #5B20A7

square

#A72028 #6CA720 #20A79F #5B20A7

split-complementary

#A72028 #20A75B #206CA7

monochromatic

#400C0F #74161C #A72028 #D72D37 #E16168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#A72028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A72028 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72028

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72028	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 32, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.170 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a62',
    500: '#a72028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72028;
$custom-light: #ca6a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.444,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47548,
    "c": 0.16994,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.09402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72028

secondary

#5DC5BF

accent

#EBE03D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72028

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

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