#A73C1B#A73C1B

#A73C1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.148 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73C1B
RGB	rgb(167, 60, 27)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(14, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 83.8%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.46, 42.46, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.46, 59.61, 44.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.1183 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.148 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7520, 11.5289, 2.3272)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73C1B #1B86A7

analogous

#A71B40 #A73C1B #A7821B

triadic

#A73C1B #1BA73C #3C1BA7

tetradic

#A73C1B #40A71B #1B86A7 #821BA7

square

#A73C1B #40A71B #1B86A7 #821BA7

split-complementary

#A73C1B #1BA782 #1B40A7

monochromatic

#3E160A #722912 #A73C1B #DC4F24 #E47958

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A73C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A73C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73C1B

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73C1B	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81F36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 60, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.148 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9765b',
    500: '#a73c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73c1b;
$custom-light: #c9765b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.143,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50279,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73C1B

secondary

#56ADC8

accent

#C4EF39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73C1B

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

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