#73231E#73231E

#73231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.114 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73231E
RGB	rgb(115, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 73.9%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.57, 34.78, 22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.57, 41.57, 33.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.1008 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.114 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9065, 4.9418, 1.7656)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73231E #1E6E73

analogous

#731E43 #73231E #734D1E

triadic

#73231E #1E7323 #231E73

tetradic

#73231E #43731E #1E6E73 #4D1E73

square

#73231E #43731E #1E6E73 #4D1E73

split-complementary

#73231E #1E734D #1E4373

monochromatic

#180706 #421411 #73231E #A4322B #CD473F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#73231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#73231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73231E

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73231E	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39341D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F0D22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.114 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2635a',
    500: '#73231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73231e;
$custom-light: #a2635a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38031,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73231E

secondary

#46A1A7

accent

#D9E246

background

#FAF6F5

surface

#F4EBE9

border

#CEC6C5

text

#100503

muted

#7F7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #73231E

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

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