#A72422#A72422

#A72422 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.168 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72422
RGB	rgb(167, 36, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.11, 52.02, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.11, 62.64, 33.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.1494 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.168 27)
XYZ	xyz(16.8580, 9.5954, 2.4775)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72422 #22A5A7

analogous

#A72263 #A72422 #A76722

triadic

#A72422 #22A724 #2422A7

tetradic

#A72422 #63A722 #22A5A7 #6722A7

square

#A72422 #63A722 #22A5A7 #6722A7

split-complementary

#A72422 #22A767 #2263A7

monochromatic

#410E0D #741918 #A72422 #D53431 #DF6664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#A72422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A72422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72422

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72422	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 36, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.168 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b5e',
    500: '#a72422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72422;
$custom-light: #ca6b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.902,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47789,
    "c": 0.16762,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.09593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72422

secondary

#60C3C5

accent

#E7E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72422

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

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