#A72B1E#A72B1E

#A72B1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.163 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72B1E
RGB	rgb(167, 43, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(6, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.91, 49.53, 37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.91, 62.38, 37.44°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.1408 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.163 30)
XYZ	xyz(17.0366, 10.0397, 2.2688)
Luminance	0.1004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72B1E #1E9AA7

analogous

#A71E56 #A72B1E #A76F1E

triadic

#A72B1E #1EA72B #2B1EA7

tetradic

#A72B1E #56A71E #1E9AA7 #6F1EA7

square

#A72B1E #56A71E #1E9AA7 #6F1EA7

split-complementary

#A72B1E #1EA76F #1E56A7

monochromatic

#3F100B #731E15 #A72B1E #D93A2A #E26A5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A72B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A72B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72B1E

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72B1E	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51481B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 43, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.163 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6e5b',
    500: '#a72b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72b1e;
$custom-light: #ca6e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.693,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48378,
    "c": 0.16256,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.10037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72B1E

secondary

#5BBCC6

accent

#DCEC3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72B1E

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

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