#A72A22#A72A22

#A72A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.163 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72A22
RGB	rgb(167, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 50.02, 35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 61.41, 35.46°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.1431 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.163 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0551, 9.9896, 2.5432)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72A22 #229FA7

analogous

#A7225D #A72A22 #A76D22

triadic

#A72A22 #22A72A #2A22A7

tetradic

#A72A22 #5DA722 #229FA7 #6D22A7

square

#A72A22 #5DA722 #229FA7 #6D22A7

split-complementary

#A72A22 #22A76D #225DA7

monochromatic

#41100D #741D18 #A72A22 #D53B31 #DF6B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A72A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A72A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72A22

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72A22	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.163 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d5e',
    500: '#a72a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72a22;
$custom-light: #ca6d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.609,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48324,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72A22

secondary

#60BFC5

accent

#DFE93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72A22

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

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