#A72A24#A72A24

#A72A24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.163 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72A24
RGB	rgb(167, 42, 36)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.9%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 50.09, 34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 60.83, 34.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.35% 0.1437 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(48.35% 0.163 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0848, 10.0015, 2.6996)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72A24 #24A1A7

analogous

#A72460 #A72A24 #A76C24

triadic

#A72A24 #24A72A #2A24A7

tetradic

#A72A24 #60A724 #24A1A7 #6C24A7

square

#A72A24 #60A724 #24A1A7 #6C24A7

split-complementary

#A72A24 #24A76C #2460A7

monochromatic

#42110E #751D19 #A72A24 #D33C35 #DE6D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A72A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A72A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72A24

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72A24	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)

#504822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 42, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.163 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d5f',
    500: '#a72a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72a24;
$custom-light: #ca6d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.748,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48346,
    "c": 0.16251,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72A24

secondary

#63C0C4

accent

#E0E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72A24

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

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