#A72423#A72423

#A72423 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.168 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72423
RGB	rgb(167, 36, 35)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 52.05, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 62.35, 33.40°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% 0.1497 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.168 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8726, 9.6013, 2.5546)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72423 #23A6A7

analogous

#A72364 #A72423 #A76623

triadic

#A72423 #23A724 #2423A7

tetradic

#A72423 #64A723 #23A6A7 #6623A7

square

#A72423 #64A723 #23A6A7 #6623A7

split-complementary

#A72423 #23A766 #2364A7

monochromatic

#420E0E #741918 #A72423 #D43433 #DF6666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A72423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A72423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72423

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72423	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 36, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.168 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b5e',
    500: '#a72423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72423;
$custom-light: #ca6b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.455,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47801,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72423

secondary

#61C4C4

accent

#E7E83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72423

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

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