#A73238#A73238

#A73238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.153 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73238
RGB	rgb(167, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 66.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.22, 48.03, 24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.22, 53.75, 26.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% 0.1415 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.153 22)
XYZ	xyz(17.7926, 10.7848, 4.8854)
Luminance	0.1078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73238 #32A7A1

analogous

#A73273 #A73238 #A76632

triadic

#A73238 #38A732 #3238A7

tetradic

#A73238 #73A732 #32A7A1 #6632A7

square

#A73238 #73A732 #32A7A1 #6632A7

split-complementary

#A73238 #32A766 #3273A7

monochromatic

#491618 #782428 #A73238 #CA4D53 #D87C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#A73238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A73238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73238

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73238	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B71035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.153 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8726e',
    500: '#a73238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73238;
$custom-light: #c8726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49458,
    "c": 0.15259,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.10782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73238

secondary

#74C0BC

accent

#DDD64B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73238

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

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