#A73C24#A73C24

#A73C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.146 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73C24
RGB	rgb(167, 60, 36)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.54, 42.76, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.54, 56.76, 41.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% 0.1209 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.146 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8726, 11.5771, 2.9622)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73C24 #248FA7

analogous

#A7244E #A73C24 #A77D24

triadic

#A73C24 #24A73C #3C24A7

tetradic

#A73C24 #4EA724 #248FA7 #7D24A7

square

#A73C24 #4EA724 #248FA7 #7D24A7

split-complementary

#A73C24 #24A77D #244EA7

monochromatic

#42180E #752A19 #A73C24 #D35235 #DE7D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#A73C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#A73C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73C24

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73C24	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 60, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.146 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97760',
    500: '#a73c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73c24;
$custom-light: #c97760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.992,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50363,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73C24

secondary

#63B2C4

accent

#C9E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73C24

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

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