#A72229#A72229

#A72229 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.168 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72229
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 41)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 75.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, 52.89, 30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 61.12, 30.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% 0.1537 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.168 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9106, 9.5223, 3.0450)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72229 #22A7A0

analogous

#A7226C #A72229 #A75E22

triadic

#A72229 #29A722 #2229A7

tetradic

#A72229 #6CA722 #22A7A0 #5E22A7

square

#A72229 #6CA722 #22A7A0 #5E22A7

split-complementary

#A72229 #22A75E #226CA7

monochromatic

#410D10 #74181D #A72229 #D5313A #DF646A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A72229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A72229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72229

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72229	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)

#4B4528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.168 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a63',
    500: '#a72229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72229;
$custom-light: #ca6a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47715,
    "c": 0.16835,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72229

secondary

#60C5BF

accent

#E9E03F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72229

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

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