#A72823#A72823

#A72823 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.164 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72823
RGB	rgb(167, 40, 35)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.58, 50.75, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.58, 61.54, 34.45°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1456 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.164 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0005, 9.8571, 2.5972)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72823 #23A2A7

analogous

#A72360 #A72823 #A76A23

triadic

#A72823 #23A728 #2823A7

tetradic

#A72823 #60A723 #23A2A7 #6A23A7

square

#A72823 #60A723 #23A2A7 #6A23A7

split-complementary

#A72823 #23A76A #2360A7

monochromatic

#42100E #741C18 #A72823 #D43933 #DF6A66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A72823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A72823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72823

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72823	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)

#4F4721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 40, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.164 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d5f',
    500: '#a72823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72823;
$custom-light: #ca6d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.273,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48149,
    "c": 0.16432,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72823

secondary

#61C1C4

accent

#E2E83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72823

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

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