#A73038#A73038

#A73038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.155 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73038
RGB	rgb(167, 48, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.93, 48.81, 23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.93, 54.30, 25.96°)
OKLab	oklab(49.24% 0.144 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(49.24% 0.155 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7090, 10.6175, 4.8575)
Luminance	0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73038 #30A79F

analogous

#A73074 #A73038 #A76330

triadic

#A73038 #38A730 #3038A7

tetradic

#A73038 #74A730 #30A79F #6330A7

square

#A73038 #74A730 #30A79F #6330A7

split-complementary

#A73038 #30A763 #3074A7

monochromatic

#481518 #772228 #A73038 #CB4952 #D8797F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#A73038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A73038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73038

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73038	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 48, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.155 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8716e',
    500: '#a73038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73038;
$custom-light: #c8716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.966,
    "s": 55.349,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49243,
    "c": 0.15463,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73038

secondary

#72C1BB

accent

#DFD549

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73038

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

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