#A93523#A93523

#A93523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.155 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A93523
RGB	rgb(169, 53, 35)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.76, 46.48, 37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.76, 59.52, 38.66°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% 0.132 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.155 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9407, 11.1053, 2.7886)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A93523 #2397A9

analogous

#A92354 #A93523 #A97823

triadic

#A93523 #23A935 #3523A9

tetradic

#A93523 #54A923 #2397A9 #7823A9

square

#A93523 #54A923 #2397A9 #7823A9

split-complementary

#A93523 #23A978 #2354A9

monochromatic

#44150E #762519 #A93523 #D54A34 #DF7767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#A93523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A93523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A93523

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A93523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A93523	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0E32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a93523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 53, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.155 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb735f',
    500: '#a93523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a93523;
$custom-light: #cb735f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a93523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.06,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49843,
    "c": 0.15498,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A93523

secondary

#63B8C5

accent

#D2E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A93523

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

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