#A72726#A72726

#A72726 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.165 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72726
RGB	rgb(167, 39, 38)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 51.20, 32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 60.90, 32.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.1477 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.165 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0137, 9.8091, 2.8309)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72726 #26A6A7

analogous

#A72666 #A72726 #A76726

triadic

#A72726 #26A727 #2726A7

tetradic

#A72726 #66A726 #26A6A7 #6726A7

square

#A72726 #66A726 #26A6A7 #6726A7

split-complementary

#A72726 #26A767 #2666A7

monochromatic

#43100F #751B1B #A72726 #D23A38 #DD6B6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A72726 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A72726 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72726

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72726	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72726	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72726;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 39, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.165 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c61',
    500: '#a72726',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72726;
$custom-light: #ca6c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72726",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.465,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48095,
    "c": 0.16475,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72726

secondary

#65C3C3

accent

#E5E642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72726

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

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