#A72224#A72224

#A72224 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.169 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72224
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 36)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(359, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.91, 52.70, 33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.91, 62.46, 32.46°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.152 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.169 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8288, 9.4896, 2.6143)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72224 #22A7A5

analogous

#A72267 #A72224 #A76322

triadic

#A72224 #24A722 #2224A7

tetradic

#A72224 #67A722 #22A7A5 #6322A7

square

#A72224 #67A722 #22A7A5 #6322A7

split-complementary

#A72224 #22A763 #2267A7

monochromatic

#410D0E #741819 #A72224 #D53134 #DF6466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A72224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A72224 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72224

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72224	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)

#4C4422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.169 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a5f',
    500: '#a72224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72224;
$custom-light: #ca6a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.098,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47651,
    "c": 0.16889,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72224

secondary

#60C5C3

accent

#E9E73F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72224

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

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