#A9372A#A9372A

#A9372A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.152 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9372A
RGB	rgb(169, 55, 42)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 45.92, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 56.95, 36.25°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% 0.1317 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.152 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1483, 11.3372, 3.4227)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9372A #2A9CA9

analogous

#A92A5D #A9372A #A9772A

triadic

#A9372A #2AA937 #372AA9

tetradic

#A9372A #5DA92A #2A9CA9 #772AA9

square

#A9372A #5DA92A #2A9CA9 #772AA9

split-complementary

#A9372A #2AA977 #2A5DA9

monochromatic

#471712 #78271E #A9372A #D04F41 #DC7C72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#A9372A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A9372A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9372A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9372A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9372A	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA1635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9372a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 55, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.152 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7464',
    500: '#a9372a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9372a;
$custom-light: #ca7464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9372a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.142,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50156,
    "c": 0.15179,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9372A

secondary

#6CBAC3

accent

#D3E344

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9372A

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

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