#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
RGBrgb(169, 34, 29)
HSLhsl(2, 71%, 39%)
HSVhsv(2, 83%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.9%, 82.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(37.24, 53.08, 37.95)
CIE-LCHlch(37.24, 65.25, 35.56°)
OKLaboklab(47.95% 0.1515 0.0808)
OKLCHoklch(47.95% 0.172 28.1)
XYZxyz(17.1581, 9.6706, 2.1253)
Luminance0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##A9221D1.007.162.937.16
#FFFFFF7.161.0021.001.00
#0000002.9321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.161.0021.001.00

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

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#A9221D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva