#A9241D#A9241D

#A9241D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.170 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9241D
RGB	rgb(169, 36, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 82.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, 52.48, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 64.88, 36.02°)
OKLab	oklab(48.11% 0.1496 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(48.11% 0.17 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2170, 9.7883, 2.1450)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9241D #1DA2A9

analogous

#A91D5C #A9241D #A96A1D

triadic

#A9241D #1DA924 #241DA9

tetradic

#A9241D #5CA91D #1DA2A9 #6A1DA9

square

#A9241D #5CA91D #1DA2A9 #6A1DA9

split-complementary

#A9241D #1DA96A #1D5CA9

monochromatic

#410E0B #751914 #A9241D #DA3229 #E3645D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A9241D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A9241D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9241D

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9241D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9241D	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)

#4E461A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9241d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 36, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.170 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6b5a',
    500: '#a9241d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9241d;
$custom-light: #cc6b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9241d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48108,
    "c": 0.17022,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9241D

secondary

#5AC2C7

accent

#E5ED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9241D

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

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