#A9212C#A9212C

#A9212C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.171 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9212C
RGB	rgb(169, 33, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 53.91, 29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 61.36, 28.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.1573 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.171 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3627, 9.7073, 3.3419)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9212C #21A99E

analogous

#A92170 #A9212C #A95A21

triadic

#A9212C #2CA921 #212CA9

tetradic

#A9212C #70A921 #21A99E #5A21A9

square

#A9212C #70A921 #21A99E #5A21A9

split-complementary

#A9212C #21A95A #2170A9

monochromatic

#430D11 #76171F #A9212C #D7313E #E1646E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A9212C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A9212C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9212C

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9212C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9212C	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)

#4B452B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9212c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 33, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.171 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a65',
    500: '#a9212c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9212c;
$custom-light: #cb6a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9212c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.147,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48052,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9212C

secondary

#60C6BE

accent

#EADC3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9212C

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

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