#A9241B#A9241B

#A9241B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.170 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9241B
RGB	rgb(169, 36, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 84%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.44, 52.42, 39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.44, 65.46, 36.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.09% 0.149 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(48.09% 0.17 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1930, 9.7787, 2.0189)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9241B #1BA0A9

analogous

#A91B59 #A9241B #A96B1B

triadic

#A9241B #1BA924 #241BA9

tetradic

#A9241B #59A91B #1BA0A9 #6B1BA9

square

#A9241B #59A91B #1BA0A9 #6B1BA9

split-complementary

#A9241B #1BA96B #1B59A9

monochromatic

#3F0E0A #741913 #A9241B #DC3125 #E5635A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A9241B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A9241B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9241B

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9241B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9241B	1.00	7.11	2.96	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9241b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 36, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.170 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6b59',
    500: '#a9241b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9241b;
$custom-light: #cc6b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9241b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.803,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4809,
    "c": 0.17047,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9241B

secondary

#58C1C8

accent

#E4EF39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9241B

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

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