#A9212A#A9212A

#A9212A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.171 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9212A
RGB	rgb(169, 33, 42)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 53.82, 30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 61.86, 29.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.1566 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.171 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3260, 9.6927, 3.1486)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9212A #21A9A0

analogous

#A9216E #A9212A #A95C21

triadic

#A9212A #2AA921 #212AA9

tetradic

#A9212A #6EA921 #21A9A0 #5C21A9

square

#A9212A #6EA921 #21A9A0 #5C21A9

split-complementary

#A9212A #21A95C #216EA9

monochromatic

#430D11 #76171D #A9212A #D7313C #E1646C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A9212A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A9212A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9212A

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9212A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9212A	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9212a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 33, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.171 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a63',
    500: '#a9212a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9212a;
$custom-light: #cb6a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9212a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.029,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48024,
    "c": 0.17094,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9212A

secondary

#60C6BF

accent

#EADF3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9212A

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

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