#A1281C#A1281C

#A1281C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.159 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1281C
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 82.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, 48.59, 37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 61.11, 37.33°)
OKLab	oklab(46.98% 0.1381 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(46.98% 0.159 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6682, 9.1810, 2.0455)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1281C #1C95A1

analogous

#A11C52 #A1281C #A16B1C

triadic

#A1281C #1CA128 #281CA1

tetradic

#A1281C #52A11C #1C95A1 #6B1CA1

square

#A1281C #52A11C #1C95A1 #6B1CA1

split-complementary

#A1281C #1CA16B #1C52A1

monochromatic

#390E0A #6D1B13 #A1281C #D53525 #E26256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#A1281C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A1281C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1281C

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1281C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1281C	1.00	7.41	2.84	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.159 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c5a',
    500: '#a1281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1281c;
$custom-light: #c66c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.414,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46979,
    "c": 0.15924,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1281C

secondary

#54BBC5

accent

#DDED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1281C

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

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