#A73236#A73236

#A73236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.153 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73236
RGB	rgb(167, 50, 54)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 67.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.18, 47.91, 25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.18, 54.19, 27.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.42% 0.1407 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(49.42% 0.153 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7447, 10.7656, 4.6329)
Luminance	0.1076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73236 #32A7A3

analogous

#A73270 #A73236 #A76932

triadic

#A73236 #36A732 #3236A7

tetradic

#A73236 #70A732 #32A7A3 #6932A7

square

#A73236 #70A732 #32A7A3 #6932A7

split-complementary

#A73236 #32A769 #3270A7

monochromatic

#491618 #782427 #A73236 #CA4D51 #D87C7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#A73236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A73236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73236

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73236	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)

#524C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70F35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 50, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.153 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8726d',
    500: '#a73236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73236;
$custom-light: #c8726d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.949,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49423,
    "c": 0.15279,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73236

secondary

#74C0BE

accent

#DDD84B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73236

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

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