#A72C1D#A72C1D

#A72C1D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.162 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72C1D
RGB	rgb(167, 44, 29)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 82.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.04, 49.13, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.04, 62.46, 38.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.47% 0.1394 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(48.47% 0.162 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0608, 10.1082, 2.2149)
Luminance	0.1011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72C1D #1D98A7

analogous

#A71D53 #A72C1D #A7711D

triadic

#A72C1D #1DA72C #2C1DA7

tetradic

#A72C1D #53A71D #1D98A7 #711DA7

square

#A72C1D #53A71D #1D98A7 #711DA7

split-complementary

#A72C1D #1DA771 #1D53A7

monochromatic

#3F110B #731E14 #A72C1D #DA3B28 #E36A5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A72C1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A72C1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72C1D

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72C1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72C1D	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51481A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72c1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 44, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.162 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6e5b',
    500: '#a72c1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72c1d;
$custom-light: #ca6e5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72c1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.522,
    "s": 70.408,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48467,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72C1D

secondary

#59BBC7

accent

#DAED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72C1D

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

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