#A72D23#A72D23

#A72D23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.160 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D23
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.23, 48.96, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.23, 60.47, 35.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.63% 0.14 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(48.63% 0.16 29)
XYZ	xyz(17.1801, 10.2163, 2.6571)
Luminance	0.1021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D23 #239DA7

analogous

#A7235B #A72D23 #A76F23

triadic

#A72D23 #23A72D #2D23A7

tetradic

#A72D23 #5BA723 #239DA7 #6F23A7

square

#A72D23 #5BA723 #239DA7 #6F23A7

split-complementary

#A72D23 #23A76F #235BA7

monochromatic

#42120E #741F18 #A72D23 #D43F33 #DF6F66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#A72D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A72D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D23

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D23	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)

#514921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.160 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f5f',
    500: '#a72d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d23;
$custom-light: #ca6f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.545,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48629,
    "c": 0.16008,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.10214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D23

secondary

#61BDC4

accent

#DCE83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D23

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

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