#A72E1C#A72E1C

#A72E1C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.160 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E1C
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 83.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.30, 48.36, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.30, 62.34, 39.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.66% 0.1367 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(48.66% 0.16 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1250, 10.2560, 2.1763)
Luminance	0.1025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E1C #1C95A7

analogous

#A71C4F #A72E1C #A7731C

triadic

#A72E1C #1CA72E #2E1CA7

tetradic

#A72E1C #4FA71C #1C95A7 #731CA7

square

#A72E1C #4FA71C #1C95A7 #731CA7

split-complementary

#A72E1C #1CA773 #1C4FA7

monochromatic

#3E110A #732013 #A72E1C #DB3D26 #E36C5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A72E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A72E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E1C

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E1C	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)

#524918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.160 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f5a',
    500: '#a72e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e1c;
$custom-light: #ca6f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.77,
    "s": 71.282,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4866,
    "c": 0.16032,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E1C

secondary

#58B9C7

accent

#D7EE3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E1C

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

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