#A72F24#A72F24

#A72F24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.158 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A72F24
RGBrgb(167, 47, 36)
HSLhsl(5, 65%, 40%)
HSVhsv(5, 78%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.9%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LABlab(38.51, 48.24, 35.22)
CIE-LCHlch(38.51, 59.73, 36.13°)
OKLaboklab(48.85% 0.138 0.0774)
OKLCHoklch(48.85% 0.158 29.3)
XYZxyz(17.2733, 10.3785, 2.7625)
Luminance0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A72F24 #249CA7
analogous
#A7245B #A72F24 #A77024
triadic
#A72F24 #24A72F #2F24A7
tetradic
#A72F24 #5BA724 #249CA7 #7024A7
square
#A72F24 #5BA724 #249CA7 #7024A7
split-complementary
#A72F24 #24A770 #245BA7
monochromatic
#42130E #752119 #A72F24 #D34235 #DE7167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83
#A72F24 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08
#A72F24 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A72F24
6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A72F24#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A72F241.006.833.086.83
#FFFFFF6.831.0021.001.00
#0000003.0821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.831.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#524A22
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#70641F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B8002E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a72f24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 47, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.158 29.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7060',
    500: '#a72f24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a72f24;
$custom-light: #ca7060;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a72f24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.038,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48845,
    "c": 0.15816,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A72F24
secondary
#63BCC4
accent
#D9E840
background
#FDF7F5
surface
#FBEDE9
border
#D4C8C5
text
#150805
muted
#837B79

Preview Lab

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#A72F24 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva