#A72228#A72228

#A72228 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.168 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72228
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 40)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 76%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, 52.85, 31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 61.38, 30.56°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.1533 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.168 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8934, 9.5154, 2.9542)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72228 #22A7A1

analogous

#A7226B #A72228 #A75F22

triadic

#A72228 #28A722 #2228A7

tetradic

#A72228 #6BA722 #22A7A1 #5F22A7

square

#A72228 #6BA722 #22A7A1 #5F22A7

split-complementary

#A72228 #22A75F #226BA7

monochromatic

#410D10 #74181C #A72228 #D53139 #DF646A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A72228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A72228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72228

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72228	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.168 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a62',
    500: '#a72228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72228;
$custom-light: #ca6a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.293,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47702,
    "c": 0.16846,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72228

secondary

#60C5C0

accent

#E9E13F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72228

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

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