#A72427#A72427

#A72427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.167 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72427
RGB	rgb(167, 36, 39)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, 52.20, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 61.25, 31.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.1511 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.167 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9354, 9.6264, 2.8854)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72427 #24A7A4

analogous

#A72469 #A72427 #A76324

triadic

#A72427 #27A724 #2427A7

tetradic

#A72427 #69A724 #24A7A4 #6324A7

square

#A72427 #69A724 #24A7A4 #6324A7

split-complementary

#A72427 #24A763 #2469A7

monochromatic

#420E0F #75191B #A72427 #D33538 #DE676A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A72427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A72427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72427

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72427	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)

#4D4526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 36, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.167 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b61',
    500: '#a72427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72427;
$custom-light: #ca6b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.626,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4785,
    "c": 0.16702,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72427

secondary

#63C4C2

accent

#E8E440

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72427

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

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