#A9212B#A9212B

#A9212B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.171 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9212B
RGB	rgb(169, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.30, 53.87, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.30, 61.60, 29.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.157 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.171 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3441, 9.6999, 3.2441)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9212B #21A99F

analogous

#A9216F #A9212B #A95B21

triadic

#A9212B #2BA921 #212BA9

tetradic

#A9212B #6FA921 #21A99F #5B21A9

square

#A9212B #6FA921 #21A99F #5B21A9

split-complementary

#A9212B #21A95B #216FA9

monochromatic

#430D11 #76171E #A9212B #D7313D #E1646D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A9212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A9212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9212B

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9212B	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C452A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.171 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a64',
    500: '#a9212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9212b;
$custom-light: #cb6a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.588,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48038,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9212B

secondary

#60C6BE

accent

#EADE3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9212B

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

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