#A73C21#A73C21

#A73C21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.147 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73C21
RGB	rgb(167, 60, 33)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 80.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.51, 42.65, 38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.51, 57.71, 42.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.33% 0.12 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(50.33% 0.147 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8287, 11.5596, 2.7310)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73C21 #218CA7

analogous

#A72149 #A73C21 #A77F21

triadic

#A73C21 #21A73C #3C21A7

tetradic

#A73C21 #49A721 #218CA7 #7F21A7

square

#A73C21 #49A721 #218CA7 #7F21A7

split-complementary

#A73C21 #21A77F #2149A7

monochromatic

#41170D #742A17 #A73C21 #D6512F #E07C62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#A73C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A73C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73C21

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73C21	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A511D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 60, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.147 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9775e',
    500: '#a73c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73c21;
$custom-light: #c9775e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.09,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50333,
    "c": 0.1467,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73C21

secondary

#5FB0C5

accent

#C7EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73C21

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

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