#A72727#A72727

#A72727 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.165 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72727
RGB	rgb(167, 39, 39)
HSL	hsl(0, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.51, 51.23, 32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.51, 60.63, 32.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.11% 0.148 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(48.11% 0.165 26)
XYZ	xyz(17.0301, 9.8157, 2.9170)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72727 #27A7A7

analogous

#A72767 #A72727 #A76727

triadic

#A72727 #27A727 #2727A7

tetradic

#A72727 #67A727 #27A7A7 #6727A7

square

#A72727 #67A727 #27A7A7 #6727A7

split-complementary

#A72727 #27A767 #2767A7

monochromatic

#441010 #751B1B #A72727 #D13A3A #DD6C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A72727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A72727 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72727

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72727	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)

#4E4725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 39, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.165 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c61',
    500: '#a72727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72727;
$custom-light: #ca6c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48107,
    "c": 0.16462,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.09813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72727

secondary

#67C3C3

accent

#E5E543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72727

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

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