#A9372D#A9372D

#A9372D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.151 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9372D
RGB	rgb(169, 55, 45)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, 46.06, 31.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 56.08, 34.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% 0.1328 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.151 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2040, 11.3595, 3.7162)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9372D #2D9FA9

analogous

#A92D61 #A9372D #A9752D

triadic

#A9372D #2DA937 #372DA9

tetradic

#A9372D #61A92D #2D9FA9 #752DA9

square

#A9372D #61A92D #2D9FA9 #752DA9

split-complementary

#A9372D #2DA975 #2D61A9

monochromatic

#481813 #792720 #A9372D #CE5146 #DA7E76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A9372D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A9372D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9372D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9372D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9372D	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA1736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9372d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 55, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.151 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7466',
    500: '#a9372d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9372d;
$custom-light: #ca7466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9372d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.839,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50195,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9372D

secondary

#6FBCC2

accent

#D5E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9372D

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

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