#A72524#A72524

#A72524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.167 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72524
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 36)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 51.77, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 61.87, 33.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.149 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.167 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9184, 9.6687, 2.6441)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72524 #24A6A7

analogous

#A72465 #A72524 #A76724

triadic

#A72524 #24A725 #2524A7

tetradic

#A72524 #65A724 #24A6A7 #6724A7

square

#A72524 #65A724 #24A6A7 #6724A7

split-complementary

#A72524 #24A767 #2465A7

monochromatic

#420F0E #751A19 #A72524 #D33635 #DE6867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A72524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A72524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72524

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72524	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)

#4D4622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.167 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b5f',
    500: '#a72524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72524;
$custom-light: #ca6b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.458,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47897,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72524

secondary

#63C3C4

accent

#E6E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72524

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

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