#A72A1E#A72A1E

#A72A1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.163 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72A1E
RGB	rgb(167, 42, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 49.89, 37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 62.59, 37.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% 0.1419 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.163 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0007, 9.9678, 2.2569)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72A1E #1E9BA7

analogous

#A71E57 #A72A1E #A76E1E

triadic

#A72A1E #1EA72A #2A1EA7

tetradic

#A72A1E #57A71E #1E9BA7 #6E1EA7

square

#A72A1E #57A71E #1E9BA7 #6E1EA7

split-complementary

#A72A1E #1EA76E #1E57A7

monochromatic

#3F100B #731D15 #A72A1E #D9392A #E2695D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A72A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A72A1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72A1E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72A1E	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)

#50471B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 42, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.163 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d5b',
    500: '#a72a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72a1e;
$custom-light: #ca6d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.255,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48282,
    "c": 0.16339,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72A1E

secondary

#5BBDC6

accent

#DDEC3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72A1E

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

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