#A3493B#A3493B

#A3493B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.122 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3493B
RGB	rgb(163, 73, 59)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 63.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 36.16, 26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 44.74, 36.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.1053 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.122 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2779, 12.8696, 5.6584)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3493B #3B95A3

analogous

#A33B61 #A3493B #A37D3B

triadic

#A3493B #3BA349 #493BA3

tetradic

#A3493B #61A33B #3B95A3 #7D3BA3

square

#A3493B #61A33B #3B95A3 #7D3BA3

split-complementary

#A3493B #3BA37D #3B61A3

monochromatic

#49211A #76352B #A3493B #C36758 #D39085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#A3493B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A3493B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A3493B

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3493B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A3493B	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B23846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3493b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 73, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.122 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47e71',
    500: '#a3493b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3493b;
$custom-light: #c47e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3493b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.077,
    "s": 46.847,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51863,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3493B

secondary

#7DB4BD

accent

#C5D651

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3493B

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

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