#A73E27#A73E27

#A73E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.143 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73E27
RGB	rgb(167, 62, 39)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 76.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.91, 41.96, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.91, 55.35, 40.70°)
OKLab	oklab(50.66% 0.119 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(50.66% 0.143 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0271, 11.8098, 3.2493)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73E27 #2790A7

analogous

#A72750 #A73E27 #A77E27

triadic

#A73E27 #27A73E #3E27A7

tetradic

#A73E27 #50A727 #2790A7 #7E27A7

square

#A73E27 #50A727 #2790A7 #7E27A7

split-complementary

#A73E27 #27A77E #2750A7

monochromatic

#441910 #752C1B #A73E27 #D1553A #DD806C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#A73E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A73E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73E27

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73E27	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)

#5B5224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 62, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.143 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97862',
    500: '#a73e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73e27;
$custom-light: #c97862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.781,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50657,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73E27

secondary

#67B2C3

accent

#C8E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73E27

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

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