#A72426#A72426

#A72426 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.167 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72426
RGB	rgb(167, 36, 38)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 52.16, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 61.52, 32.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.84% 0.1507 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(47.84% 0.167 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9191, 9.6199, 2.7993)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72426 #24A7A5

analogous

#A72468 #A72426 #A76424

triadic

#A72426 #26A724 #2426A7

tetradic

#A72426 #68A724 #24A7A5 #6424A7

square

#A72426 #68A724 #24A7A5 #6424A7

split-complementary

#A72426 #24A764 #2468A7

monochromatic

#420E0F #75191B #A72426 #D33537 #DE6769

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A72426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A72426 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72426

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72426	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 36, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.167 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b61',
    500: '#a72426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72426;
$custom-light: #ca6b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.084,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47837,
    "c": 0.16714,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72426

secondary

#63C4C3

accent

#E8E540

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72426

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

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