#A72525#A72525

#A72525 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.166 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72525
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 37)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 77.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.25, 51.81, 33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.25, 61.59, 32.74°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1494 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.166 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9339, 9.6749, 2.7257)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72525 #25A7A7

analogous

#A72566 #A72525 #A76625

triadic

#A72525 #25A725 #2525A7

tetradic

#A72525 #66A725 #25A7A7 #6625A7

square

#A72525 #66A725 #25A7A7 #6625A7

split-complementary

#A72525 #25A766 #2566A7

monochromatic

#430F0F #751A1A #A72525 #D33737 #DE6969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A72525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A72525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72525

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72525	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)

#4D4623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.166 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b60',
    500: '#a72525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72525;
$custom-light: #ca6b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47909,
    "c": 0.16647,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72525

secondary

#64C4C4

accent

#E7E741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72525

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

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