#A7422A#A7422A

#A7422A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.139 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7422A
RGB	rgb(167, 66, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 74.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 40.21, 35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 53.46, 41.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.23% 0.1141 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(51.23% 0.139 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3044, 12.2816, 3.5968)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7422A #2A8FA7

analogous

#A72A50 #A7422A #A7802A

triadic

#A7422A #2AA742 #422AA7

tetradic

#A7422A #50A72A #2A8FA7 #802AA7

square

#A7422A #50A72A #2A8FA7 #802AA7

split-complementary

#A7422A #2AA780 #2A50A7

monochromatic

#451B11 #762F1E #A7422A #CF5B3F #DB8570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A7422A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A7422A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7422A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7422A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7422A	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7422a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 66, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.139 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87a65',
    500: '#a7422a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7422a;
$custom-light: #c87a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7422a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.52,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51232,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7422A

secondary

#6BB1C2

accent

#C5E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7422A

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

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