#A72428#A72428

#A72428 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.167 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72428
RGB	rgb(167, 36, 40)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 76%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 52.24, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 60.98, 31.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% 0.1514 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.167 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9522, 9.6331, 2.9738)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72428 #24A7A3

analogous

#A7246A #A72428 #A76224

triadic

#A72428 #28A724 #2428A7

tetradic

#A72428 #6AA724 #24A7A3 #6224A7

square

#A72428 #6AA724 #24A7A3 #6224A7

split-complementary

#A72428 #24A762 #246AA7

monochromatic

#420E10 #75191C #A72428 #D3353A #DE676B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A72428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A72428 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72428

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72428	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 36, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.167 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b62',
    500: '#a72428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72428;
$custom-light: #ca6b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.168,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47863,
    "c": 0.16691,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72428

secondary

#63C4C1

accent

#E8E240

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72428

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

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