#A72E25#A72E25

#A72E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.159 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E25
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 77.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.39, 48.66, 34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.39, 59.66, 35.35°)
OKLab	oklab(48.75% 0.1395 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(48.75% 0.159 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2493, 10.3057, 2.8308)
Luminance	0.1030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E25 #259EA7

analogous

#A7255D #A72E25 #A76F25

triadic

#A72E25 #25A72E #2E25A7

tetradic

#A72E25 #5DA725 #259EA7 #6F25A7

square

#A72E25 #5DA725 #259EA7 #6F25A7

split-complementary

#A72E25 #25A76F #255DA7

monochromatic

#43120F #75201A #A72E25 #D34137 #DE7169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#A72E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A72E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E25

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E25	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)

#524A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.159 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f60',
    500: '#a72e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e25;
$custom-light: #ca6f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.154,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48753,
    "c": 0.15889,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E25

secondary

#64BDC4

accent

#DBE741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E25

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

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