#A72F1D#A72F1D

#A72F1D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.159 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72F1D
RGB	rgb(167, 47, 29)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(8, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 82.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.45, 48.01, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.45, 61.83, 39.06°)
OKLab	oklab(48.77% 0.1358 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(48.77% 0.159 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1767, 10.3399, 2.2535)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72F1D #1D95A7

analogous

#A71D50 #A72F1D #A7741D

triadic

#A72F1D #1DA72F #2F1DA7

tetradic

#A72F1D #50A71D #1D95A7 #741DA7

square

#A72F1D #50A71D #1D95A7 #741DA7

split-complementary

#A72F1D #1DA774 #1D50A7

monochromatic

#3F120B #732014 #A72F1D #DA3F28 #E36D5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#A72F1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A72F1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72F1D

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72F1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72F1D	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72f1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 47, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.159 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca705b',
    500: '#a72f1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72f1d;
$custom-light: #ca705b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72f1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 70.408,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48773,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72F1D

secondary

#59B8C7

accent

#D6ED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72F1D

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

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