#A72E26#A72E26

#A72E26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.159 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72E26
RGB	rgb(167, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 77.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.40, 48.70, 33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.40, 59.37, 34.89°)
OKLab	oklab(48.77% 0.1398 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(48.77% 0.159 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2652, 10.3121, 2.9147)
Luminance	0.1031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72E26 #269FA7

analogous

#A7265E #A72E26 #A76E26

triadic

#A72E26 #26A72E #2E26A7

tetradic

#A72E26 #5EA726 #269FA7 #6E26A7

square

#A72E26 #5EA726 #269FA7 #6E26A7

split-complementary

#A72E26 #26A76E #265EA7

monochromatic

#43130F #75201B #A72E26 #D24238 #DD716A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#A72E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A72E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72E26

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72E26	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)

#524A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.159 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6f61',
    500: '#a72e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72e26;
$custom-light: #ca6f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.721,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48765,
    "c": 0.15873,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72E26

secondary

#65BEC3

accent

#DCE642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72E26

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

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