#A9241C#A9241C

#A9241C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.170 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9241C
RGB	rgb(169, 36, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 52.45, 38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 65.17, 36.41°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.1493 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.17 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2048, 9.7834, 2.0809)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9241C #1CA1A9

analogous

#A91C5A #A9241C #A96A1C

triadic

#A9241C #1CA924 #241CA9

tetradic

#A9241C #5AA91C #1CA1A9 #6A1CA9

square

#A9241C #5AA91C #1CA1A9 #6A1CA9

split-complementary

#A9241C #1CA96A #1C5AA9

monochromatic

#400E0B #741913 #A9241C #DB3127 #E4635B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A9241C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A9241C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9241C

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9241C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9241C	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9241c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 36, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.170 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6b5a',
    500: '#a9241c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9241c;
$custom-light: #cc6b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9241c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.404,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48099,
    "c": 0.17035,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9241C

secondary

#59C2C8

accent

#E4EE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9241C

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

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