#A72D24#A72D24

#A72D24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.160 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D24
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 36)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.24, 49.00, 34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.24, 60.18, 35.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.64% 0.1403 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(48.64% 0.16 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1952, 10.2223, 2.7364)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D24 #249EA7

analogous

#A7245D #A72D24 #A76E24

triadic

#A72D24 #24A72D #2D24A7

tetradic

#A72D24 #5DA724 #249EA7 #6E24A7

square

#A72D24 #5DA724 #249EA7 #6E24A7

split-complementary

#A72D24 #24A76E #245DA7

monochromatic

#42120E #751F19 #A72D24 #D34035 #DE6F67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#A72D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A72D24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D24

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D24	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)

#514922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.160 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f60',
    500: '#a72d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d24;
$custom-light: #ca6f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.122,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4864,
    "c": 0.15993,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D24

secondary

#63BDC4

accent

#DCE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D24

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

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