#A9201C#A9201C

#A9201C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.173 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9201C
RGB	rgb(169, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, 53.63, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 65.90, 35.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.153 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.173 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0904, 9.5547, 2.0428)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9201C #1CA5A9

analogous

#A91C5E #A9201C #A9661C

triadic

#A9201C #1CA920 #201CA9

tetradic

#A9201C #5EA91C #1CA5A9 #661CA9

square

#A9201C #5EA91C #1CA5A9 #661CA9

split-complementary

#A9201C #1CA966 #1C5EA9

monochromatic

#400C0B #741613 #A9201C #DB2C27 #E45F5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A9201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A9201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9201C

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9201C	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.173 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a5a',
    500: '#a9201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9201c;
$custom-light: #cc6a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.702,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47787,
    "c": 0.17318,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9201C

secondary

#59C5C8

accent

#E9EE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9201C

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

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