#A72F23#A72F23

#A72F23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.158 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A72F23
RGB	rgb(167, 47, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, 48.21, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 60.03, 36.58°)
OKLab	oklab(48.83% 0.1376 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(48.83% 0.158 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2582, 10.3725, 2.6831)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A72F23 #239BA7

analogous

#A72359 #A72F23 #A77123

triadic

#A72F23 #23A72F #2F23A7

tetradic

#A72F23 #59A723 #239BA7 #7123A7

square

#A72F23 #59A723 #239BA7 #7123A7

split-complementary

#A72F23 #23A771 #2359A7

monochromatic

#42130E #742118 #A72F23 #D44233 #DF7166

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#A72F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A72F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72F23

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A72F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A72F23	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)

#524A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a72f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 47, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.158 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca705f',
    500: '#a72f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a72f23;
$custom-light: #ca705f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a72f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48834,
    "c": 0.15832,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A72F23

secondary

#61BBC4

accent

#D9E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A72F23

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

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