#A9221C#A9221C

#A9221C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.172 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9221C
RGB	rgb(169, 34, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 53.05, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 65.54, 35.96°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% 0.1512 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.172 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1459, 9.6657, 2.0613)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9221C #1CA3A9

analogous

#A91C5C #A9221C #A9681C

triadic

#A9221C #1CA922 #221CA9

tetradic

#A9221C #5CA91C #1CA3A9 #681CA9

square

#A9221C #5CA91C #1CA3A9 #681CA9

split-complementary

#A9221C #1CA968 #1C5CA9

monochromatic

#400D0B #741713 #A9221C #DB2F27 #E4615B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A9221C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A9221C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9221C

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9221C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9221C	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9221c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 34, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.172 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a5a',
    500: '#a9221c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9221c;
$custom-light: #cc6a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9221c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.553,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47939,
    "c": 0.17179,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9221C

secondary

#59C3C8

accent

#E7EE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9221C

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

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