#A73A42#A73A42

#A73A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.143 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73A42
RGB	rgb(167, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.3%, 60.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.63, 45.31, 19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.63, 49.44, 23.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% 0.1348 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.143 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4345, 11.6374, 6.4287)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73A42 #3AA79F

analogous

#A73A79 #A73A42 #A7693A

triadic

#A73A42 #42A73A #3A42A7

tetradic

#A73A42 #79A73A #3AA79F #693AA7

square

#A73A42 #79A73A #3AA79F #693AA7

split-complementary

#A73A42 #3AA769 #3A79A7

monochromatic

#4C1A1E #7A2A30 #A73A42 #C55961 #D5868C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#A73A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A73A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73A42

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73A42	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7233E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.143 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77676',
    500: '#a73a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73a42;
$custom-light: #c77676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.596,
    "s": 48.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50576,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73A42

secondary

#7EBFBA

accent

#D8CE50

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73A42

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

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