#A72C23#A72C23

#A72C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.161 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72C23
RGB	rgb(167, 44, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.09, 49.33, 35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.09, 60.69, 35.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1412 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.161 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1424, 10.1409, 2.6445)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72C23 #239EA7

analogous

#A7235C #A72C23 #A76E23

triadic

#A72C23 #23A72C #2C23A7

tetradic

#A72C23 #5CA723 #239EA7 #6E23A7

square

#A72C23 #5CA723 #239EA7 #6E23A7

split-complementary

#A72C23 #23A76E #235CA7

monochromatic

#42110E #741F18 #A72C23 #D43E33 #DF6E66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A72C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A72C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72C23

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72C23	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)

#514921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 44, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.161 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6e5f',
    500: '#a72c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72c23;
$custom-light: #ca6e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.091,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48529,
    "c": 0.16095,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72C23

secondary

#61BEC4

accent

#DDE83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72C23

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

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