#A73235#A73235

#A73235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.153 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73235
RGB	rgb(167, 50, 53)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 68.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.17, 47.85, 25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.17, 54.42, 28.44°)
OKLab	oklab(49.41% 0.1404 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(49.41% 0.153 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7214, 10.7563, 4.5105)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73235 #32A7A4

analogous

#A7326F #A73235 #A76A32

triadic

#A73235 #35A732 #3235A7

tetradic

#A73235 #6FA732 #32A7A4 #6A32A7

square

#A73235 #6FA732 #32A7A4 #6A32A7

split-complementary

#A73235 #32A76A #326FA7

monochromatic

#491617 #782426 #A73235 #CA4D50 #D87C7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#A73235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A73235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73235

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73235	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 50, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.153 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8726c',
    500: '#a73235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73235;
$custom-light: #c8726c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.462,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49406,
    "c": 0.15289,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73235

secondary

#74C0BE

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73235

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

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