#A9221D#A9221D

#A9221D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.172 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9221D
RGB	rgb(169, 34, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 82.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 53.08, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 65.25, 35.56°)
OKLab	oklab(47.95% 0.1515 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(47.95% 0.172 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1581, 9.6706, 2.1253)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9221D #1DA4A9

analogous

#A91D5E #A9221D #A9681D

triadic

#A9221D #1DA922 #221DA9

tetradic

#A9221D #5EA91D #1DA4A9 #681DA9

square

#A9221D #5EA91D #1DA4A9 #681DA9

split-complementary

#A9221D #1DA968 #1D5EA9

monochromatic

#410D0B #751714 #A9221D #DA2F29 #E3625D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A9221D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A9221D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9221D

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9221D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9221D	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)

#4D451A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9221d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 34, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.172 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a5a',
    500: '#a9221d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9221d;
$custom-light: #cc6a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9221d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47948,
    "c": 0.17167,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9221D

secondary

#5AC4C7

accent

#E7ED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9221D

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

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