#A72C24#A72C24

#A72C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.161 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72C24
RGB	rgb(167, 44, 36)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.10, 49.37, 34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.10, 60.40, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.1415 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.161 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1575, 10.1469, 2.7238)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72C24 #249FA7

analogous

#A7245E #A72C24 #A76D24

triadic

#A72C24 #24A72C #2C24A7

tetradic

#A72C24 #5EA724 #249FA7 #6D24A7

square

#A72C24 #5EA724 #249FA7 #6D24A7

split-complementary

#A72C24 #24A76D #245EA7

monochromatic

#42110E #751F19 #A72C24 #D33E35 #DE6E67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#A72C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A72C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72C24

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72C24	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 44, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.161 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6e5f',
    500: '#a72c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72c24;
$custom-light: #ca6e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.664,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4854,
    "c": 0.1608,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72C24

secondary

#63BEC4

accent

#DDE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72C24

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

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