#A72C21#A72C21

#A72C21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.161 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72C21
RGB	rgb(167, 44, 33)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.07, 49.26, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.07, 61.28, 36.49°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.1405 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.161 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1136, 10.1293, 2.4926)
Luminance	0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72C21 #219CA7

analogous

#A72159 #A72C21 #A76F21

triadic

#A72C21 #21A72C #2C21A7

tetradic

#A72C21 #59A721 #219CA7 #6F21A7

square

#A72C21 #59A721 #219CA7 #6F21A7

split-complementary

#A72C21 #21A76F #2159A7

monochromatic

#41110D #741F17 #A72C21 #D63D2F #E06D62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A72C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A72C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72C21

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72C21	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51481E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 44, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.161 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6e5d',
    500: '#a72c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72c21;
$custom-light: #ca6e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.925,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48507,
    "c": 0.16125,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72C21

secondary

#5FBDC5

accent

#DCEA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72C21

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

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