#A94937#A94937

#A94937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.131 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A94937
RGB	rgb(169, 73, 55)
HSL	hsl(9, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, 38.21, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 48.60, 38.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.72% 0.1103 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(52.72% 0.131 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4362, 13.4784, 5.1918)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A94937 #3797A9

analogous

#A9375E #A94937 #A98237

triadic

#A94937 #37A949 #4937A9

tetradic

#A94937 #5EA937 #3797A9 #8237A9

square

#A94937 #5EA937 #3797A9 #8237A9

split-complementary

#A94937 #37A982 #375EA9

monochromatic

#4D2119 #7B3528 #A94937 #C86755 #D79184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#A94937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#A94937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A94937

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A94937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A94937	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a94937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 73, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.131 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97f6e',
    500: '#a94937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a94937;
$custom-light: #c97f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a94937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52723,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A94937

secondary

#7BB6C0

accent

#C4DA4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A94937

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

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