#A73E1E#A73E1E

#A73E1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.145 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73E1E
RGB	rgb(167, 62, 30)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(14, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 82%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 41.63, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 58.23, 44.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.57% 0.1163 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(50.57% 0.146 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8953, 11.7570, 2.5551)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73E1E #1E87A7

analogous

#A71E42 #A73E1E #A7821E

triadic

#A73E1E #1EA73E #3E1EA7

tetradic

#A73E1E #42A71E #1E87A7 #821EA7

square

#A73E1E #42A71E #1E87A7 #821EA7

split-complementary

#A73E1E #1EA782 #1E42A7

monochromatic

#3F170B #732B15 #A73E1E #D9522A #E27C5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#A73E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A73E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73E1E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73E1E	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)

#5C5219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 62, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.145 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9785d',
    500: '#a73e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73e1e;
$custom-light: #c9785d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.015,
    "s": 69.543,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50566,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73E1E

secondary

#5BADC6

accent

#C3EC3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73E1E

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

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