#A72D22#A72D22

#A72D22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.160 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D22
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.22, 48.93, 36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.22, 60.77, 36.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.62% 0.1397 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(48.62% 0.16 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1655, 10.2104, 2.5800)
Luminance	0.1021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D22 #229CA7

analogous

#A7225A #A72D22 #A76F22

triadic

#A72D22 #22A72D #2D22A7

tetradic

#A72D22 #5AA722 #229CA7 #6F22A7

square

#A72D22 #5AA722 #229CA7 #6F22A7

split-complementary

#A72D22 #22A76F #225AA7

monochromatic

#41120D #741F18 #A72D22 #D53F31 #DF6E64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#A72D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A72D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D22

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D22	1.00	6.90	3.04	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51491F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.160 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f5e',
    500: '#a72d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d22;
$custom-light: #ca6f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.962,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48618,
    "c": 0.16025,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D22

secondary

#60BCC5

accent

#DBE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D22

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

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