#A72D21#A72D21

#A72D21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.160 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D21
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 33)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.21, 48.89, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.21, 61.06, 36.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.61% 0.1394 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(48.61% 0.16 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1513, 10.2047, 2.5052)
Luminance	0.1020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D21 #219BA7

analogous

#A72158 #A72D21 #A77021

triadic

#A72D21 #21A72D #2D21A7

tetradic

#A72D21 #58A721 #219BA7 #7021A7

square

#A72D21 #58A721 #219BA7 #7021A7

split-complementary

#A72D21 #21A770 #2158A7

monochromatic

#41110D #741F17 #A72D21 #D63E2F #E06E62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#A72D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A72D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D21

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D21	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52491E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.160 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f5d',
    500: '#a72d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d21;
$custom-light: #ca6f5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.373,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48607,
    "c": 0.1604,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D21

secondary

#5FBCC5

accent

#DAEA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D21

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

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