#A93E23#A93E23

#A93E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.147 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A93E23
RGB	rgb(169, 62, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.22, 42.54, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.22, 57.49, 42.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% 0.1198 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.147 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3902, 12.0042, 2.9385)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A93E23 #238EA9

analogous

#A9234B #A93E23 #A98123

triadic

#A93E23 #23A93E #3E23A9

tetradic

#A93E23 #4BA923 #238EA9 #8123A9

square

#A93E23 #4BA923 #238EA9 #8123A9

split-complementary

#A93E23 #23A981 #234BA9

monochromatic

#44190E #762B19 #A93E23 #D55534 #DF7F67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#A93E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A93E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A93E23

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A93E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A93E23	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C521F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a93e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.147 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7860',
    500: '#a93e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a93e23;
$custom-light: #ca7860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a93e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.09,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50945,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A93E23

secondary

#63B1C5

accent

#C6E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A93E23

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

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