#A1281D#A1281D

#A1281D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.159 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1281D
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 82%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, 48.62, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 60.81, 36.91°)
OKLab	oklab(46.99% 0.1384 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(46.99% 0.159 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6804, 9.1858, 2.1096)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1281D #1D96A1

analogous

#A11D54 #A1281D #A16A1D

triadic

#A1281D #1DA128 #281DA1

tetradic

#A1281D #54A11D #1D96A1 #6A1DA1

square

#A1281D #54A11D #1D96A1 #6A1DA1

split-complementary

#A1281D #1DA16A #1D54A1

monochromatic

#390E0A #6D1B14 #A1281D #D53526 #E16358

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#A1281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A1281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1281D

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1281D	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.159 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c5a',
    500: '#a1281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1281d;
$custom-light: #c66c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 69.474,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46988,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1281D

secondary

#55BBC4

accent

#DEEC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1281D

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

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