#A1221E#A1221E

#A1221E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.164 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1221E
RGB	rgb(161, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 81.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.63, 50.66, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.63, 61.73, 34.84°)
OKLab	oklab(46.46% 0.145 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(46.46% 0.164 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5062, 8.8173, 2.1135)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1221E #1E9DA1

analogous

#A11E5C #A1221E #A1631E

triadic

#A1221E #1EA122 #221EA1

tetradic

#A1221E #5CA11E #1E9DA1 #631EA1

square

#A1221E #5CA11E #1E9DA1 #631EA1

split-complementary

#A1221E #1EA163 #1E5CA1

monochromatic

#3A0C0B #6D1714 #A1221E #D52D28 #E05D59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#A1221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#A1221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1221E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1221E	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.164 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6695b',
    500: '#a1221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1221e;
$custom-light: #c6695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.832,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46463,
    "c": 0.16373,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1221E

secondary

#57C1C4

accent

#E6EB3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1221E

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

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