#A72E24#A72E24

#A72E24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.159 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E24
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 36)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.37, 48.62, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.37, 59.96, 35.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.74% 0.1392 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(48.74% 0.159 29)
XYZ	xyz(17.2338, 10.2995, 2.7493)
Luminance	0.1030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E24 #249DA7

analogous

#A7245C #A72E24 #A76F24

triadic

#A72E24 #24A72E #2E24A7

tetradic

#A72E24 #5CA724 #249DA7 #6F24A7

square

#A72E24 #5CA724 #249DA7 #6F24A7

split-complementary

#A72E24 #24A76F #245CA7

monochromatic

#42120E #752019 #A72E24 #D34135 #DE7067

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#A72E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A72E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E24

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E24	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.159 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f60',
    500: '#a72e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e24;
$custom-light: #ca6f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.58,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48742,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.10297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E24

secondary

#63BDC4

accent

#DBE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E24

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

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