#A72A1F#A72A1F

#A72A1F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.163 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72A1F
RGB	rgb(167, 42, 31)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 81.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, 49.92, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 62.29, 36.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.1422 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.163 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0137, 9.9730, 2.3252)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72A1F #1F9CA7

analogous

#A71F58 #A72A1F #A76E1F

triadic

#A72A1F #1FA72A #2A1FA7

tetradic

#A72A1F #58A71F #1F9CA7 #6E1FA7

square

#A72A1F #58A71F #1F9CA7 #6E1FA7

split-complementary

#A72A1F #1FA76E #1F58A7

monochromatic

#40100C #731D15 #A72A1F #D8392B #E16A5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A72A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A72A1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72A1F

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72A1F	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50471C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 42, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.163 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d5c',
    500: '#a72a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72a1f;
$custom-light: #ca6d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.853,
    "s": 68.687,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48292,
    "c": 0.16324,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72A1F

secondary

#5CBDC6

accent

#DDEC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72A1F

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

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