#A72D26#A72D26

#A72D26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.160 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D26
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.26, 49.08, 33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.26, 59.60, 34.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.66% 0.141 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(48.66% 0.16 28)
XYZ	xyz(17.2266, 10.2348, 2.9018)
Luminance	0.1023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D26 #26A0A7

analogous

#A7265F #A72D26 #A76E26

triadic

#A72D26 #26A72D #2D26A7

tetradic

#A72D26 #5FA726 #26A0A7 #6E26A7

square

#A72D26 #5FA726 #26A0A7 #6E26A7

split-complementary

#A72D26 #26A76E #265FA7

monochromatic

#43120F #75201B #A72D26 #D24138 #DD706A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#A72D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A72D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D26

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D26	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.160 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f61',
    500: '#a72d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d26;
$custom-light: #ca6f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.256,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48664,
    "c": 0.15962,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.10232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D26

secondary

#65BEC3

accent

#DDE642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D26

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

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