#A72526#A72526

#A72526 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.166 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72526
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 38)
HSL	hsl(360, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(360, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, 51.85, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 61.32, 32.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.1497 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.166 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9498, 9.6812, 2.8095)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72526 #25A7A6

analogous

#A72567 #A72526 #A76525

triadic

#A72526 #26A725 #2526A7

tetradic

#A72526 #67A725 #25A7A6 #6525A7

square

#A72526 #67A725 #25A7A6 #6525A7

split-complementary

#A72526 #25A765 #2567A7

monochromatic

#430F0F #751A1B #A72526 #D33738 #DE696A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A72526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A72526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72526

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72526	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.166 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b61',
    500: '#a72526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72526;
$custom-light: #ca6b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.538,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47921,
    "c": 0.16636,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72526

secondary

#64C4C3

accent

#E7E541

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72526

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

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