Kabuki `#A73A3E`

Kabuki (#A73A3E) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 22°, lightness 0.5 and chroma 0.143. 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	`#A73A3E`
RGB	`rgb(167, 58, 62)`
HSL	`hsl(358, 48%, 44%)`
HSV	`hsv(358, 65%, 65%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 65%, 63%, 35%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(40.6 45 22.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.505 0.143 22)`

How Kabuki behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Kabuki is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #a83639 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #aa393c — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #a73a3e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #a73a3f — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchanged

Test Kabuki 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 6.33:1 and against black 3.32:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Kabuki

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.

#f69d9a · #d47170 · #a73a3e · #862028 · #58000d · #260002

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.

#bc7342 · #b4573b · #a73a3e · #8c2b49 · #70204d · #54174b

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.

#deb886 · #d4901a · #9c7b50 · #a73a3e · #7e252a · #5c0712

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.

#00deea · #9d7b79 · #a73a3e · #6a3333 · #47191a · #220607

Quiet Support

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

#e3f6f7 · #c9b0ae · #748283 · #a73a3e · #5d4443 · #000202

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.

#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #a73a3e

Complementary

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

#d1fbfe · #44ccd6 · #009098 · #a73a3e · #00575c · #1b0001

Split-complementary

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

#c0ddbf · #7ac7a6 · #6f9aa6 · #a73a3e · #414f6f · #1d0410

Triadic

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

#e2fadf · #8cc984 · #4d7cd3 · #a73a3e · #24488d · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f2f5d4 · #b9be63 · #009098 · #a73a3e · #4f3b87 · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#BA5959 · #CC7674 · #DE9390 · #EFB0AD · #FFCECB

Shades

#8E2C30 · #761D23 · #5E0F17 · #48010A · #300003

Muted

#9B4747 · #8E514F · #805957

Using Kabuki

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.