#A72227#A72227

#A72227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.169 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72227
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 39)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(358, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.95, 52.81, 31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.95, 61.65, 31.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.153 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.169 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8766, 9.5087, 2.8658)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72227 #22A7A2

analogous

#A7226A #A72227 #A75F22

triadic

#A72227 #27A722 #2227A7

tetradic

#A72227 #6AA722 #22A7A2 #5F22A7

square

#A72227 #6AA722 #22A7A2 #5F22A7

split-complementary

#A72227 #22A75F #226AA7

monochromatic

#410D0F #74181B #A72227 #D53137 #DF6469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A72227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A72227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72227

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72227	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)

#4C4526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.169 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a61',
    500: '#a72227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72227;
$custom-light: #ca6a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.744,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47688,
    "c": 0.16856,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72227

secondary

#60C5C1

accent

#E9E33F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72227

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

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