#A72323#A72323

#A72323 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.168 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72323
RGB	rgb(167, 35, 35)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, 52.36, 34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 62.55, 33.16°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% 0.1507 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.168 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8428, 9.5416, 2.5447)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72323 #23A7A7

analogous

#A72365 #A72323 #A76523

triadic

#A72323 #23A723 #2323A7

tetradic

#A72323 #65A723 #23A7A7 #6523A7

square

#A72323 #65A723 #23A7A7 #6523A7

split-complementary

#A72323 #23A765 #2365A7

monochromatic

#420E0E #741818 #A72323 #D43333 #DF6666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A72323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A72323 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72323

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72323	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 35, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.168 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b5e',
    500: '#a72323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72323;
$custom-light: #ca6b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47719,
    "c": 0.16826,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72323

secondary

#61C4C4

accent

#E8E83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72323

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

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