#A9211D#A9211D

#A9211D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.172 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9211D
RGB	rgb(169, 33, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 82.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 53.37, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 65.43, 35.34°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.1524 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.172 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1299, 9.6142, 2.1159)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9211D #1DA5A9

analogous

#A91D5F #A9211D #A9671D

triadic

#A9211D #1DA921 #211DA9

tetradic

#A9211D #5FA91D #1DA5A9 #671DA9

square

#A9211D #5FA91D #1DA5A9 #671DA9

split-complementary

#A9211D #1DA967 #1D5FA9

monochromatic

#410D0B #751714 #A9211D #DA2E29 #E3615D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A9211D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A9211D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9211D

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9211D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9211D	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)

#4D441B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9211d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 33, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.172 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a5a',
    500: '#a9211d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9211d;
$custom-light: #cc6a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9211d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47871,
    "c": 0.17237,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9211D

secondary

#5AC4C7

accent

#E8ED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9211D

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

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