#A72120#A72120

#A72120 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.170 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72120
RGB	rgb(167, 33, 32)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 80.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 52.86, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 63.77, 34.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% 0.1516 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.17 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7430, 9.4102, 2.3010)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72120 #20A6A7

analogous

#A72063 #A72120 #A76520

triadic

#A72120 #20A721 #2120A7

tetradic

#A72120 #63A720 #20A6A7 #6520A7

square

#A72120 #63A720 #20A6A7 #6520A7

split-complementary

#A72120 #20A765 #2063A7

monochromatic

#400D0C #741716 #A72120 #D72F2D #E16261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#A72120 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A72120 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72120

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72120	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72120	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)

#4C441E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72120;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 33, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.170 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a5c',
    500: '#a72120',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72120;
$custom-light: #ca6a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72120",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.444,
    "s": 67.839,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47527,
    "c": 0.17009,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72120

secondary

#5DC5C5

accent

#E9EB3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72120

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

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