#A9212D#A9212D

#A9212D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.171 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9212D
RGB	rgb(169, 33, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.5%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 53.95, 28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 61.11, 28.01°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.1577 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.171 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3817, 9.7149, 3.4421)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9212D #21A99D

analogous

#A92171 #A9212D #A95921

triadic

#A9212D #2DA921 #212DA9

tetradic

#A9212D #71A921 #21A99D #5921A9

square

#A9212D #71A921 #21A99D #5921A9

split-complementary

#A9212D #21A959 #2171A9

monochromatic

#430D12 #76171F #A9212D #D7313F #E1646F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A9212D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A9212D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9212D

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9212D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9212D	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)

#4B452C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9212d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 33, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.171 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a66',
    500: '#a9212d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9212d;
$custom-light: #cb6a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9212d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48067,
    "c": 0.17069,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9212D

secondary

#60C6BD

accent

#EADB3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9212D

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

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