#A72A1D#A72A1D

#A72A1D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.164 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72A1D
RGB	rgb(167, 42, 29)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 82.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 49.86, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 62.88, 37.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1416 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.164 30)
XYZ	xyz(16.9881, 9.9628, 2.1907)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72A1D #1D9AA7

analogous

#A71D55 #A72A1D #A76F1D

triadic

#A72A1D #1DA72A #2A1DA7

tetradic

#A72A1D #55A71D #1D9AA7 #6F1DA7

square

#A72A1D #55A71D #1D9AA7 #6F1DA7

split-complementary

#A72A1D #1DA76F #1D55A7

monochromatic

#3F100B #731D14 #A72A1D #DA3828 #E3685C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A72A1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A72A1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72A1D

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72A1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72A1D	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50471A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72a1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 42, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.164 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d5b',
    500: '#a72a1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72a1d;
$custom-light: #ca6d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72a1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.652,
    "s": 70.408,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48272,
    "c": 0.16353,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.0996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72A1D

secondary

#59BCC7

accent

#DCED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72A1D

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

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