#A72523#A72523

#A72523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.167 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72523
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 35)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.23, 51.74, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.23, 62.15, 33.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.1487 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.167 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9033, 9.6627, 2.5648)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72523 #23A5A7

analogous

#A72363 #A72523 #A76723

triadic

#A72523 #23A725 #2523A7

tetradic

#A72523 #63A723 #23A5A7 #6723A7

square

#A72523 #63A723 #23A5A7 #6723A7

split-complementary

#A72523 #23A767 #2363A7

monochromatic

#420F0E #741A18 #A72523 #D43533 #DF6766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A72523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A72523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72523

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72523	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.167 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b5f',
    500: '#a72523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72523;
$custom-light: #ca6b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.909,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47885,
    "c": 0.16672,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72523

secondary

#61C3C4

accent

#E6E83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72523

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

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