#A72D1D#A72D1D

#A72D1D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.161 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D1D
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 29)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 82.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.17, 48.76, 38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.17, 62.25, 38.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.57% 0.1382 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(48.57% 0.161 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0985, 10.1836, 2.2275)
Luminance	0.1018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D1D #1D97A7

analogous

#A71D52 #A72D1D #A7721D

triadic

#A72D1D #1DA72D #2D1DA7

tetradic

#A72D1D #52A71D #1D97A7 #721DA7

square

#A72D1D #52A71D #1D97A7 #721DA7

split-complementary

#A72D1D #1DA772 #1D52A7

monochromatic

#3F110B #731F14 #A72D1D #DA3C28 #E36B5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A72D1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A72D1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D1D

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D1D	1.00	6.92	3.04	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52491A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.161 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f5b',
    500: '#a72d1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d1d;
$custom-light: #ca6f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.957,
    "s": 70.408,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48567,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D1D

secondary

#59BAC7

accent

#D8ED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D1D

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

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