#A9231E#A9231E

#A9231E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.171 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9231E
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, 52.81, 37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 64.78, 35.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1508 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.171 28)
XYZ	xyz(17.1997, 9.7336, 2.2012)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9231E #1EA4A9

analogous

#A91E5F #A9231E #A9691E

triadic

#A9231E #1EA923 #231EA9

tetradic

#A9231E #5FA91E #1EA4A9 #691EA9

square

#A9231E #5FA91E #1EA4A9 #691EA9

split-complementary

#A9231E #1EA969 #1E5FA9

monochromatic

#410D0C #751815 #A9231E #D9312B #E3645F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A9231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A9231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9231E

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9231E	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E451C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.171 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6b5b',
    500: '#a9231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9231e;
$custom-light: #cc6b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.158,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48037,
    "c": 0.17083,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.09731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9231E

secondary

#5CC3C7

accent

#E6ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9231E

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

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