#A72122#A72122

#A72122 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.170 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72122
RGB	rgb(167, 33, 34)
HSL	hsl(360, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(360, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.2%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.78, 52.93, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.78, 63.21, 33.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.55% 0.1523 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(47.55% 0.17 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7710, 9.4214, 2.4485)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72122 #21A7A6

analogous

#A72165 #A72122 #A76321

triadic

#A72122 #22A721 #2122A7

tetradic

#A72122 #65A721 #21A7A6 #6321A7

square

#A72122 #65A721 #21A7A6 #6321A7

split-complementary

#A72122 #21A763 #2165A7

monochromatic

#410D0D #741718 #A72122 #D62F30 #E06263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A72122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A72122 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72122

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72122	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 33, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.170 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a5e',
    500: '#a72122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72122;
$custom-light: #ca6a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47549,
    "c": 0.16985,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72122

secondary

#5FC5C4

accent

#EAE93E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72122

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

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