#A93237#A93237

#A93237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.155 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A93237
RGB	rgb(169, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 48.63, 25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 54.80, 27.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% 0.143 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.155 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1943, 10.9947, 4.7778)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A93237 #32A9A4

analogous

#A93272 #A93237 #A96832

triadic

#A93237 #37A932 #3237A9

tetradic

#A93237 #72A932 #32A9A4 #6832A9

square

#A93237 #72A932 #32A9A4 #6832A9

split-complementary

#A93237 #32A968 #3272A9

monochromatic

#4B1618 #7A2428 #A93237 #CB4E53 #D97D81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#A93237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A93237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A93237

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A93237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A93237	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a93237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.155 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca726d',
    500: '#a93237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a93237;
$custom-light: #ca726d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a93237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.479,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49787,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A93237

secondary

#76C1BE

accent

#DED74A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A93237

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

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