#A73242#A73242

#A73242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.152 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73242
RGB	rgb(167, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 48.67, 18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 51.94, 20.44°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.1455 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.152 17)
XYZ	xyz(18.0621, 10.8926, 6.3046)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73242 #32A797

analogous

#A7327C #A73242 #A75D32

triadic

#A73242 #42A732 #3242A7

tetradic

#A73242 #7CA732 #32A797 #5D32A7

square

#A73242 #7CA732 #32A797 #5D32A7

split-complementary

#A73242 #32A75D #327CA7

monochromatic

#49161D #78242F #A73242 #CA4D5E #D87C88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A73242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A73242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73242

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73242	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E663F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B71539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.152 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77276',
    500: '#a73242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73242;
$custom-light: #c77276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.795,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49653,
    "c": 0.15214,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.1089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73242

secondary

#74C0B6

accent

#DDC94B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73242

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

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