#A72829#A72829

#A72829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.164 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72829
RGB	rgb(167, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(360, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(360, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 75.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, 50.98, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 59.87, 31.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.22% 0.1476 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(48.22% 0.164 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0974, 9.8958, 3.1072)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72829 #28A7A6

analogous

#A72868 #A72829 #A76728

triadic

#A72829 #29A728 #2829A7

tetradic

#A72829 #68A728 #28A7A6 #6728A7

square

#A72829 #68A728 #28A7A6 #6728A7

split-complementary

#A72829 #28A767 #2868A7

monochromatic

#441011 #761C1D #A72829 #D03C3D #DC6D6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A72829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A72829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72829

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72829	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.164 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d63',
    500: '#a72829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72829;
$custom-light: #ca6d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.528,
    "s": 61.353,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48223,
    "c": 0.16354,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72829

secondary

#68C3C2

accent

#E4E343

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72829

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

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