#A72A23#A72A23

#A72A23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.163 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72A23
RGB	rgb(167, 42, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, 50.05, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 61.12, 35.02°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.1434 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.163 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0697, 9.9954, 2.6203)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72A23 #23A0A7

analogous

#A7235E #A72A23 #A76C23

triadic

#A72A23 #23A72A #2A23A7

tetradic

#A72A23 #5EA723 #23A0A7 #6C23A7

square

#A72A23 #5EA723 #23A0A7 #6C23A7

split-complementary

#A72A23 #23A76C #235EA7

monochromatic

#42110E #741D18 #A72A23 #D43C33 #DF6C66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A72A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A72A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72A23

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72A23	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 42, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.163 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d5f',
    500: '#a72a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72a23;
$custom-light: #ca6d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.182,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48335,
    "c": 0.16266,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72A23

secondary

#61BFC4

accent

#DFE83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72A23

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

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