#A72225#A72225

#A72225 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.169 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72225
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 37)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(359, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 77.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.92, 52.74, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.92, 62.19, 32.00°)
OKLab	oklab(47.66% 0.1523 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(47.66% 0.169 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8443, 9.4958, 2.6959)
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

#A72225 #22A7A4

analogous

#A72267 #A72225 #A76222

triadic

#A72225 #25A722 #2225A7

tetradic

#A72225 #67A722 #22A7A4 #6222A7

square

#A72225 #67A722 #22A7A4 #6222A7

split-complementary

#A72225 #22A762 #2267A7

monochromatic

#410D0E #74181A #A72225 #D53135 #DF6467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A72225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A72225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72225

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72225	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.169 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a60',
    500: '#a72225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72225;
$custom-light: #ca6a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.647,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47663,
    "c": 0.16878,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72225

secondary

#60C5C2

accent

#E9E53F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72225

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

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