#A91E24#A91E24

#A91E24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.174 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A91E24
RGB	rgb(169, 30, 36)
HSL	hsl(357, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(357, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.2%, 78.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.92, 54.43, 33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.92, 63.99, 31.73°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.1572 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.174 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1470, 9.4937, 2.5984)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A91E24 #1EA9A3

analogous

#A91E6A #A91E24 #A95E1E

triadic

#A91E24 #24A91E #1E24A9

tetradic

#A91E24 #6AA91E #1EA9A3 #5E1EA9

square

#A91E24 #6AA91E #1EA9A3 #5E1EA9

split-complementary

#A91E24 #1EA95E #1E6AA9

monochromatic

#410C0E #751519 #A91E24 #D92B32 #E35F65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A91E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A91E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A91E24

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A91E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A91E24	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a91e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 30, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.174 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc695f',
    500: '#a91e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a91e24;
$custom-light: #cc695f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a91e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.41,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47728,
    "c": 0.17364,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A91E24

secondary

#5CC7C2

accent

#EDE53B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A91E24

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

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