#A9211C#A9211C

#A9211C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.172 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9211C
RGB	rgb(169, 33, 28)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, 53.34, 38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 65.72, 35.74°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% 0.1521 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.173 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1178, 9.6094, 2.0519)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9211C #1CA4A9

analogous

#A91C5D #A9211C #A9671C

triadic

#A9211C #1CA921 #211CA9

tetradic

#A9211C #5DA91C #1CA4A9 #671CA9

square

#A9211C #5DA91C #1CA4A9 #671CA9

split-complementary

#A9211C #1CA967 #1C5DA9

monochromatic

#400C0B #741713 #A9211C #DB2D27 #E4605B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A9211C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A9211C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9211C

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9211C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9211C	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9211c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 33, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.172 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a5a',
    500: '#a9211c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9211c;
$custom-light: #cc6a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9211c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.128,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47862,
    "c": 0.1725,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9211C

secondary

#59C4C8

accent

#E8EE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9211C

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

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