#A9221E#A9221E

#A9221E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.172 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9221E
RGB	rgb(169, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.25, 53.11, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.25, 64.97, 35.16°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.1518 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.172 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1707, 9.6756, 2.1915)
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

#A9221E #1EA5A9

analogous

#A91E60 #A9221E #A9681E

triadic

#A9221E #1EA922 #221EA9

tetradic

#A9221E #60A91E #1EA5A9 #681EA9

square

#A9221E #60A91E #1EA5A9 #681EA9

split-complementary

#A9221E #1EA968 #1E60A9

monochromatic

#410D0C #751815 #A9221E #D9302B #E3635F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A9221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A9221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9221E

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9221E	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)

#4D451C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.172 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a5b',
    500: '#a9221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9221e;
$custom-light: #cc6a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.727,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47958,
    "c": 0.17155,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9221E

secondary

#5CC4C7

accent

#E8ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9221E

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

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