#A93238#A93238

#A93238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.155 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A93238
RGB	rgb(169, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.59, 48.69, 24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.59, 54.58, 26.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% 0.1434 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.155 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2185, 11.0044, 4.9054)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A93238 #32A9A3

analogous

#A93273 #A93238 #A96732

triadic

#A93238 #38A932 #3238A9

tetradic

#A93238 #73A932 #32A9A3 #6732A9

square

#A93238 #73A932 #32A9A3 #6732A9

split-complementary

#A93238 #32A967 #3273A9

monochromatic

#4B1619 #7A2428 #A93238 #CB4E54 #D97D82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#A93238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A93238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A93238

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A93238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A93238	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a93238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.155 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca726e',
    500: '#a93238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a93238;
$custom-light: #ca726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a93238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.975,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49804,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A93238

secondary

#76C1BD

accent

#DED64A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A93238

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

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