#A72626#A72626

#A72626 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.166 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72626
RGB	rgb(167, 38, 38)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, 51.53, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 61.11, 32.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.01% 0.1487 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(48.01% 0.166 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9813, 9.7443, 2.8201)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72626 #26A7A7

analogous

#A72666 #A72626 #A76626

triadic

#A72626 #26A726 #2626A7

tetradic

#A72626 #66A726 #26A7A7 #6626A7

square

#A72626 #66A726 #26A7A7 #6626A7

split-complementary

#A72626 #26A766 #2666A7

monochromatic

#430F0F #751B1B #A72626 #D23838 #DD6A6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A72626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A72626 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72626

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72626	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 38, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.166 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c61',
    500: '#a72626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72626;
$custom-light: #ca6c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48007,
    "c": 0.16556,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72626

secondary

#65C3C3

accent

#E6E642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72626

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

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