#A72D1B#A72D1B

#A72D1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.161 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D1B
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(8, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 83.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.15, 48.71, 39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.15, 62.85, 39.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.55% 0.1376 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(48.55% 0.161 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0746, 10.1741, 2.1014)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D1B #1B95A7

analogous

#A71B4F #A72D1B #A7731B

triadic

#A72D1B #1BA72D #2D1BA7

tetradic

#A72D1B #4FA71B #1B95A7 #731BA7

square

#A72D1B #4FA71B #1B95A7 #731BA7

split-complementary

#A72D1B #1BA773 #1B4FA7

monochromatic

#3E110A #721F12 #A72D1B #DC3B24 #E46A58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A72D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A72D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D1B

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D1B	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.161 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f5a',
    500: '#a72d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d1b;
$custom-light: #ca6f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.714,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48549,
    "c": 0.16133,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D1B

secondary

#56B9C8

accent

#D7EF39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D1B

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

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