#A72B22#A72B22

#A72B22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.162 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72B22
RGB	rgb(167, 43, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.95, 49.66, 35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.95, 61.20, 35.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.42% 0.142 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(48.42% 0.162 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0910, 10.0614, 2.5552)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72B22 #229EA7

analogous

#A7225C #A72B22 #A76E22

triadic

#A72B22 #22A72B #2B22A7

tetradic

#A72B22 #5CA722 #229EA7 #6E22A7

square

#A72B22 #5CA722 #229EA7 #6E22A7

split-complementary

#A72B22 #22A76E #225CA7

monochromatic

#41110D #741E18 #A72B22 #D53C31 #DF6C64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A72B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A72B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72B22

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72B22	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 43, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.162 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6e5e',
    500: '#a72b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72b22;
$custom-light: #ca6e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.06,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4842,
    "c": 0.16196,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72B22

secondary

#60BEC5

accent

#DEE93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72B22

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

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