#A9221F#A9221F

#A9221F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.171 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9221F
RGB	rgb(169, 34, 31)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, 53.14, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 64.68, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1521 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.171 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1836, 9.6808, 2.2599)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9221F #1FA6A9

analogous

#A91F61 #A9221F #A9671F

triadic

#A9221F #1FA922 #221FA9

tetradic

#A9221F #61A91F #1FA6A9 #671FA9

square

#A9221F #61A91F #1FA6A9 #671FA9

split-complementary

#A9221F #1FA967 #1F61A9

monochromatic

#420D0C #751816 #A9221F #D8302D #E26360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A9221F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A9221F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9221F

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9221F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9221F	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9221f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 34, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.171 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a5c',
    500: '#a9221f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9221f;
$custom-light: #cc6a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9221f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.304,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47968,
    "c": 0.17142,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9221F

secondary

#5DC4C7

accent

#E8EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9221F

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

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