#A73239#A73239

#A73239 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.153 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73239
RGB	rgb(167, 50, 57)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 65.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.23, 48.09, 23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.23, 53.54, 26.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.1419 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.153 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8173, 10.7947, 5.0155)
Luminance	0.1079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73239 #32A7A0

analogous

#A73274 #A73239 #A76532

triadic

#A73239 #39A732 #3239A7

tetradic

#A73239 #74A732 #32A7A0 #6532A7

square

#A73239 #74A732 #32A7A0 #6532A7

split-complementary

#A73239 #32A765 #3274A7

monochromatic

#491619 #782429 #A73239 #CA4D54 #D87C81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#A73239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A73239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73239

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73239	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)

#524D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B71136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 50, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.153 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8726f',
    500: '#a73239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73239;
$custom-light: #c8726f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.41,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49476,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73239

secondary

#74C0BC

accent

#DDD54B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73239

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

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