#A72822#A72822

#A72822 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.164 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72822
RGB	rgb(167, 40, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.57, 50.71, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.57, 61.83, 34.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.14% 0.1453 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(48.14% 0.164 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9859, 9.8512, 2.5202)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72822 #22A1A7

analogous

#A7225F #A72822 #A76B22

triadic

#A72822 #22A728 #2822A7

tetradic

#A72822 #5FA722 #22A1A7 #6B22A7

square

#A72822 #5FA722 #22A1A7 #6B22A7

split-complementary

#A72822 #22A76B #225FA7

monochromatic

#41100D #741C18 #A72822 #D53931 #DF6A64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A72822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A72822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72822

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72822	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 40, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.164 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d5e',
    500: '#a72822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72822;
$custom-light: #ca6d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.707,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48138,
    "c": 0.16446,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72822

secondary

#60C0C5

accent

#E1E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72822

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

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