#A93740#A93740

#A93740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.149 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A93740
RGB	rgb(169, 55, 64)
HSL	hsl(355, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 47.15, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 51.56, 23.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.51% 0.1401 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(50.51% 0.149 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6556, 11.5401, 6.0946)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A93740 #37A9A0

analogous

#A93779 #A93740 #A96737

triadic

#A93740 #40A937 #3740A9

tetradic

#A93740 #79A937 #37A9A0 #6737A9

square

#A93740 #79A937 #37A9A0 #6737A9

split-complementary

#A93740 #37A967 #3779A9

monochromatic

#4D191D #7B282F #A93740 #C8555E #D7848A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A93740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A93740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A93740

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A93740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A93740	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72683D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a93740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 55, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.149 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97574',
    500: '#a93740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a93740;
$custom-light: #c97574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a93740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.263,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50512,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A93740

secondary

#7BC0BB

accent

#DACF4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A93740

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

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