Brick `#A03623`

Brick (#A03623) is a dark, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 32°, lightness 0.48 and chroma 0.144. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#A03623`
RGB	`rgb(160, 54, 35)`
HSL	`hsl(9, 64%, 38%)`
HSV	`hsv(9, 78%, 63%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 66%, 78%, 37%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(38.3 42.9 35.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.484 0.144 32)`

How Brick behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Brick is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #a1321e — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #a33521 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #a03623 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #a03624 — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchanged

Test Brick in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 6.89:1 and against black 3.05:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Brick

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ef9886 · #cc6d5a · #a03623 · #7f1c09 · #4d0500 · #1f0000

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#af722f · #aa5520 · #a03623 · #882434 · #6d173b · #520d3c

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#d1b57d · #c29100 · #907848 · #a03623 · #772112 · #540600

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00dcfa · #c99083 · #97756e · #a03623 · #642f25 · #3a1b15

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e3f6fa · #c5ada8 · #6e7b7e · #a03623 · #573f3a · #000203

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f8 · #bccdd0 · #8da0a4 · #0d282d · #000508 · #a03623

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#daf8ff · #44c6de · #00889b · #a03623 · #00505c · #080000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#b9e0cc · #8bbab2 · #5d95bc · #a03623 · #434c6a · #1f0510

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ddfbe4 · #77c98f · #5d70cd · #a03623 · #313d87 · #000701

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ecf7d7 · #a6bf69 · #00889b · #a03623 · #53317b · #000204

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#B45643 · #C87462 · #DA9182 · #EDAFA2 · #FECDC3

Shades

#882918 · #711B0C · #5B0E02 · #450300 · #2E0000

Muted

#944233 · #874C40 · #7A544C

Using Brick

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.