#A72226#A72226

#A72226 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.169 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72226
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 38)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(358, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 52.78, 32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 61.91, 31.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.1527 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.169 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8602, 9.5022, 2.7797)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72226 #22A7A3

analogous

#A72269 #A72226 #A76022

triadic

#A72226 #26A722 #2226A7

tetradic

#A72226 #69A722 #22A7A3 #6022A7

square

#A72226 #69A722 #22A7A3 #6022A7

split-complementary

#A72226 #22A760 #2269A7

monochromatic

#410D0F #74181A #A72226 #D53136 #DF6468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A72226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A72226 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72226

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72226	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)

#4C4525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.169 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a61',
    500: '#a72226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72226;
$custom-light: #ca6a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.195,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47675,
    "c": 0.16866,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72226

secondary

#60C5C2

accent

#E9E43F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72226

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

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