#A73C23#A73C23

#A73C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.146 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73C23
RGB	rgb(167, 60, 35)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, 42.72, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 57.08, 41.54°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% 0.1206 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.146 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8575, 11.5711, 2.8829)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73C23 #238EA7

analogous

#A7234C #A73C23 #A77E23

triadic

#A73C23 #23A73C #3C23A7

tetradic

#A73C23 #4CA723 #238EA7 #7E23A7

square

#A73C23 #4CA723 #238EA7 #7E23A7

split-complementary

#A73C23 #23A77E #234CA7

monochromatic

#42180E #742A18 #A73C23 #D45233 #DF7D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#A73C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A73C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73C23

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73C23	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)

#5A511F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 60, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.146 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97760',
    500: '#a73c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73c23;
$custom-light: #c97760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.364,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50353,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73C23

secondary

#61B2C4

accent

#C8E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73C23

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

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