#A1281E#A1281E

#A1281E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.159 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1281E
RGB	rgb(161, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 81.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 48.66, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 60.52, 36.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47% 0.1387 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(47% 0.159 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6930, 9.1909, 2.1758)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1281E #1E97A1

analogous

#A11E56 #A1281E #A1691E

triadic

#A1281E #1EA128 #281EA1

tetradic

#A1281E #56A11E #1E97A1 #691EA1

square

#A1281E #56A11E #1E97A1 #691EA1

split-complementary

#A1281E #1EA169 #1E56A1

monochromatic

#3A0E0B #6D1B14 #A1281E #D53528 #E06459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#A1281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A1281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A1281E

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A1281E	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)

#4D451B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.159 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c5b',
    500: '#a1281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1281e;
$custom-light: #c66c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.58,
    "s": 68.586,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46999,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1281E

secondary

#57BCC4

accent

#DEEB3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1281E

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

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