#A72223#A72223

#A72223 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.169 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72223
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 35)
HSL	hsl(360, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(360, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.90, 52.67, 34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.90, 62.74, 32.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% 0.1517 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.169 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8138, 9.4836, 2.5350)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72223 #22A7A6

analogous

#A72266 #A72223 #A76422

triadic

#A72223 #23A722 #2223A7

tetradic

#A72223 #66A722 #22A7A6 #6422A7

square

#A72223 #66A722 #22A7A6 #6422A7

split-complementary

#A72223 #22A764 #2266A7

monochromatic

#410D0E #741818 #A72223 #D53132 #DF6465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A72223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A72223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72223

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72223	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.169 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a5e',
    500: '#a72223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72223;
$custom-light: #ca6a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.549,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47639,
    "c": 0.16901,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72223

secondary

#60C5C4

accent

#E9E83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72223

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

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