#A72529#A72529

#A72529 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.166 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72529
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 41)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 75.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.30, 51.97, 30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.30, 60.51, 30.81°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.1508 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.166 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0002, 9.7014, 3.0748)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72529 #25A7A3

analogous

#A7256A #A72529 #A76225

triadic

#A72529 #29A725 #2529A7

tetradic

#A72529 #6AA725 #25A7A3 #6225A7

square

#A72529 #6AA725 #25A7A3 #6225A7

split-complementary

#A72529 #25A762 #256AA7

monochromatic

#430F10 #751A1D #A72529 #D3373B #DE696C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A72529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A72529 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72529

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72529	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.166 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b63',
    500: '#a72529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72529;
$custom-light: #ca6b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.154,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4796,
    "c": 0.16601,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72529

secondary

#64C4C1

accent

#E7E241

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72529

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

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