#A93231#A93231

#A93231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.156 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A93231
RGB	rgb(169, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.48, 48.31, 28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.48, 56.24, 30.81°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.1407 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.156 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0591, 10.9406, 4.0660)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A93231 #31A8A9

analogous

#A9316C #A93231 #A96E31

triadic

#A93231 #31A932 #3231A9

tetradic

#A93231 #6CA931 #31A8A9 #6E31A9

square

#A93231 #6CA931 #31A8A9 #6E31A9

split-complementary

#A93231 #31A96E #316CA9

monochromatic

#4A1615 #7A2423 #A93231 #CB4D4C #D97C7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A93231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A93231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A93231

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A93231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A93231	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a93231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.156 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7269',
    500: '#a93231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a93231;
$custom-light: #ca7269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a93231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49689,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A93231

secondary

#74C1C1

accent

#DDDE49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A93231

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

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