#A72C22#A72C22

#A72C22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.161 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72C22
RGB	rgb(167, 44, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.08, 49.30, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.08, 60.98, 36.06°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% 0.1408 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.161 29)
XYZ	xyz(17.1278, 10.1350, 2.5675)
Luminance	0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72C22 #229DA7

analogous

#A7225B #A72C22 #A76F22

triadic

#A72C22 #22A72C #2C22A7

tetradic

#A72C22 #5BA722 #229DA7 #6F22A7

square

#A72C22 #5BA722 #229DA7 #6F22A7

split-complementary

#A72C22 #22A76F #225BA7

monochromatic

#41110D #741F18 #A72C22 #D53D31 #DF6D64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A72C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A72C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72C22

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72C22	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)

#514820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 44, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.161 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6e5e',
    500: '#a72c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72c22;
$custom-light: #ca6e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.511,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48518,
    "c": 0.1611,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.10132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72C22

secondary

#60BDC5

accent

#DCE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72C22

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

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