#A1281B#A1281B

#A1281B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.159 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1281B
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 83.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.32, 48.56, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.32, 61.41, 37.74°)
OKLab	oklab(46.97% 0.1378 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(46.97% 0.159 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6565, 9.1763, 1.9835)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1281B #1B94A1

analogous

#A11B51 #A1281B #A16B1B

triadic

#A1281B #1BA128 #281BA1

tetradic

#A1281B #51A11B #1B94A1 #6B1BA1

square

#A1281B #51A11B #1B94A1 #6B1BA1

split-complementary

#A1281B #1BA16B #1B51A1

monochromatic

#380E09 #6D1B12 #A1281B #D53524 #E26254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#A1281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#A1281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1281B

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1281B	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.159 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c59',
    500: '#a1281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1281b;
$custom-light: #c66c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.821,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46969,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1281B

secondary

#52BAC5

accent

#DDEE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1281B

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

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