#A72F22#A72F22

#A72F22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.158 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72F22
RGB	rgb(167, 47, 34)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 79.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.49, 48.17, 36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.49, 60.33, 37.01°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% 0.1373 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.158 30)
XYZ	xyz(17.2436, 10.3667, 2.6061)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72F22 #229AA7

analogous

#A72257 #A72F22 #A77222

triadic

#A72F22 #22A72F #2F22A7

tetradic

#A72F22 #57A722 #229AA7 #7222A7

square

#A72F22 #57A722 #229AA7 #7222A7

split-complementary

#A72F22 #22A772 #2257A7

monochromatic

#41120D #742118 #A72F22 #D54131 #DF7064

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#A72F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A72F22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72F22

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72F22	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 47, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.158 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca705e',
    500: '#a72f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72f22;
$custom-light: #ca705e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.865,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48823,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.10364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72F22

secondary

#60BBC5

accent

#D8E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72F22

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

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