#A72D29#A72D29

#A72D29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.159 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72D29
RGB	rgb(167, 45, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.1%, 75.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.30, 49.20, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.30, 58.75, 33.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.7% 0.142 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(48.7% 0.159 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2770, 10.2550, 3.1671)
Luminance	0.1025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72D29 #29A3A7

analogous

#A72964 #A72D29 #A76C29

triadic

#A72D29 #29A72D #2D29A7

tetradic

#A72D29 #64A729 #29A3A7 #6C29A7

square

#A72D29 #64A729 #29A3A7 #6C29A7

split-complementary

#A72D29 #29A76C #2964A7

monochromatic

#451311 #76201D #A72D29 #D0423E #DC726F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A72D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A72D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72D29

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72D29	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 45, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.159 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96f63',
    500: '#a72d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72d29;
$custom-light: #c96f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.905,
    "s": 60.577,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48701,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72D29

secondary

#69C0C2

accent

#DFE444

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72D29

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

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