#A72E21#A72E21

#A72E21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.160 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E21
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 33)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.34, 48.52, 36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.34, 60.84, 37.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% 0.1382 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.16 30)
XYZ	xyz(17.1899, 10.2819, 2.5180)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E21 #219AA7

analogous

#A72157 #A72E21 #A77121

triadic

#A72E21 #21A72E #2E21A7

tetradic

#A72E21 #57A721 #219AA7 #7121A7

square

#A72E21 #57A721 #219AA7 #7121A7

split-complementary

#A72E21 #21A771 #2157A7

monochromatic

#41120D #742017 #A72E21 #D63F2F #E06F62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A72E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A72E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E21

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E21	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52491E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.160 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f5e',
    500: '#a72e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e21;
$custom-light: #ca6f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.821,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48709,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.10279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E21

secondary

#5FBBC5

accent

#D9EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E21

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

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