#A92121#A92121

#A92121 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.172 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A92121
RGB	rgb(169, 33, 33)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 53.50, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 64.29, 33.69°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1536 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.172 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1827, 9.6353, 2.3936)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A92121 #21A9A9

analogous

#A92165 #A92121 #A96521

triadic

#A92121 #21A921 #2121A9

tetradic

#A92121 #65A921 #21A9A9 #6521A9

square

#A92121 #65A921 #21A9A9 #6521A9

split-complementary

#A92121 #21A965 #2165A9

monochromatic

#430D0D #761717 #A92121 #D73131 #E16464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A92121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A92121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A92121

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A92121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A92121	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a92121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 33, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.172 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a5d',
    500: '#a92121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a92121;
$custom-light: #cc6a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a92121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47912,
    "c": 0.1719,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A92121

secondary

#60C6C6

accent

#EAEA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A92121

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

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