#A94231#A94231

#A94231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.139 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A94231
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 49)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 41.30, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 52.16, 37.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1187 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.139 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8667, 12.5558, 4.3352)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A94231 #3198A9

analogous

#A9315C #A94231 #A97E31

triadic

#A94231 #31A942 #4231A9

tetradic

#A94231 #5CA931 #3198A9 #7E31A9

square

#A94231 #5CA931 #3198A9 #7E31A9

split-complementary

#A94231 #31A97E #315CA9

monochromatic

#4A1D15 #7A2F23 #A94231 #CB5E4C #D9897C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#A94231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A94231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A94231

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A94231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A94231	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a94231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.139 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97a6a',
    500: '#a94231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a94231;
$custom-light: #c97a6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a94231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51646,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A94231

secondary

#74B7C1

accent

#C9DE49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A94231

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

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