#A9211F#A9211F

#A9211F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.172 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9211F
RGB	rgb(169, 33, 31)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, 53.43, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 64.86, 34.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.153 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.172 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1555, 9.6244, 2.2505)
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

#A9211F #1FA7A9

analogous

#A91F62 #A9211F #A9661F

triadic

#A9211F #1FA921 #211FA9

tetradic

#A9211F #62A91F #1FA7A9 #661FA9

square

#A9211F #62A91F #1FA7A9 #661FA9

split-complementary

#A9211F #1FA966 #1F62A9

monochromatic

#420D0C #751716 #A9211F #D82F2D #E26260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A9211F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A9211F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9211F

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9211F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9211F	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)

#4D451D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9211f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 33, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.172 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a5c',
    500: '#a9211f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9211f;
$custom-light: #cc6a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9211f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.87,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47891,
    "c": 0.17214,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9211F

secondary

#5DC5C7

accent

#E9EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9211F

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

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