#A73E23#A73E23

#A73E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.144 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73E23
RGB	rgb(167, 62, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 79%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.87, 41.81, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.87, 56.63, 42.42°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.1177 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.144 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9643, 11.7846, 2.9185)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73E23 #238CA7

analogous

#A7234A #A73E23 #A78023

triadic

#A73E23 #23A73E #3E23A7

tetradic

#A73E23 #4AA723 #238CA7 #8023A7

square

#A73E23 #4AA723 #238CA7 #8023A7

split-complementary

#A73E23 #23A780 #234AA7

monochromatic

#42180E #742B18 #A73E23 #D45433 #DF7E66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#A73E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A73E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73E23

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73E23	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C521F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.144 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97860',
    500: '#a73e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73e23;
$custom-light: #c97860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.273,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50614,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73E23

secondary

#61B0C4

accent

#C6E83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73E23

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

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