#A73E1C#A73E1C

#A73E1C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.146 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73E1C
RGB	rgb(167, 62, 28)
HSL	hsl(15, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(15, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 83.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.81, 41.57, 41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.81, 58.86, 45.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.1158 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.146 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8706, 11.7471, 2.4248)
Luminance	0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73E1C #1C85A7

analogous

#A71C40 #A73E1C #A7831C

triadic

#A73E1C #1CA73E #3E1CA7

tetradic

#A73E1C #40A71C #1C85A7 #831CA7

square

#A73E1C #40A71C #1C85A7 #831CA7

split-complementary

#A73E1C #1CA783 #1C40A7

monochromatic

#3E170A #732B13 #A73E1C #DB5226 #E37C5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#A73E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A73E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73E1C

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73E1C	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766917

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 62, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.146 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9785b',
    500: '#a73e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73e1c;
$custom-light: #c9785b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.676,
    "s": 71.282,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50549,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73E1C

secondary

#58ACC7

accent

#C2EE3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73E1C

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

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