#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
RGBrgb(169, 34, 31)
HSLhsl(1, 69%, 39%)
HSVhsv(1, 82%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.9%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(37.26, 53.14, 36.87)
CIE-LCHlch(37.26, 64.68, 34.75°)
OKLaboklab(47.97% 0.1521 0.0791)
OKLCHoklch(47.97% 0.171 27.5)
XYZxyz(17.1836, 9.6808, 2.2599)
Luminance0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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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
##A9221F1.007.152.947.15
#FFFFFF7.151.0021.001.00
#0000002.9421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.151.0021.001.00

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

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#A9221F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva