#A9211E#A9211E

#A9211E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.172 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9211E
RGB	rgb(169, 33, 30)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 53.40, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 65.15, 34.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% 0.1527 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.172 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1425, 9.6193, 2.1821)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9211E #1EA6A9

analogous

#A91E61 #A9211E #A9671E

triadic

#A9211E #1EA921 #211EA9

tetradic

#A9211E #61A91E #1EA6A9 #671EA9

square

#A9211E #61A91E #1EA6A9 #671EA9

split-complementary

#A9211E #1EA967 #1E61A9

monochromatic

#410D0C #751715 #A9211E #D92F2B #E3625F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A9211E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A9211E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9211E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9211E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9211E	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9211e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 33, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.172 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a5b',
    500: '#a9211e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9211e;
$custom-light: #cc6a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9211e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.295,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47881,
    "c": 0.17225,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9211E

secondary

#5CC5C7

accent

#E9ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9211E

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

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