#A72E22#A72E22

#A72E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.159 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E22
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.35, 48.55, 36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.35, 60.55, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.72% 0.1385 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(48.72% 0.159 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2041, 10.2876, 2.5929)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E22 #229BA7

analogous

#A72258 #A72E22 #A77122

triadic

#A72E22 #22A72E #2E22A7

tetradic

#A72E22 #58A722 #229BA7 #7122A7

square

#A72E22 #58A722 #229BA7 #7122A7

split-complementary

#A72E22 #22A771 #2258A7

monochromatic

#41120D #742018 #A72E22 #D54031 #DF6F64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A72E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A72E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E22

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E22	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)

#52491F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.159 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f5e',
    500: '#a72e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e22;
$custom-light: #ca6f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.414,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48719,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E22

secondary

#60BCC5

accent

#DAE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E22

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

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