#A73E24#A73E24

#A73E24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.144 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73E24
RGB	rgb(167, 62, 36)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 78.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, 41.84, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 56.31, 42.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% 0.118 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.144 35)
XYZ	xyz(17.9794, 11.7907, 2.9978)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73E24 #248DA7

analogous

#A7244C #A73E24 #A77F24

triadic

#A73E24 #24A73E #3E24A7

tetradic

#A73E24 #4CA724 #248DA7 #7F24A7

square

#A73E24 #4CA724 #248DA7 #7F24A7

split-complementary

#A73E24 #24A77F #244CA7

monochromatic

#42190E #752B19 #A73E24 #D35435 #DE7F67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#A73E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A73E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73E24

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73E24	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 62, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.144 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97860',
    500: '#a73e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73e24;
$custom-light: #c97860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.908,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50624,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.11788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73E24

secondary

#63B1C4

accent

#C6E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73E24

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

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