#A72522#A72522

#A72522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.167 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72522
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, 51.70, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 62.44, 34.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.1484 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.167 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8887, 9.6568, 2.4878)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72522 #22A4A7

analogous

#A72262 #A72522 #A76722

triadic

#A72522 #22A725 #2522A7

tetradic

#A72522 #62A722 #22A4A7 #6722A7

square

#A72522 #62A722 #22A4A7 #6722A7

split-complementary

#A72522 #22A767 #2262A7

monochromatic

#410E0D #741A18 #A72522 #D53531 #DF6764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A72522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A72522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72522

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72522	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.167 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b5e',
    500: '#a72522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72522;
$custom-light: #ca6b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.353,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47873,
    "c": 0.16685,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72522

secondary

#60C2C5

accent

#E5E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72522

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

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