#A9242A#A9242A

#A9242A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.169 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9242A
RGB	rgb(169, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.60, 52.93, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.60, 61.26, 30.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% 0.1538 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.169 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4130, 9.8667, 3.1776)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9242A #24A9A3

analogous

#A9246D #A9242A #A96024

triadic

#A9242A #2AA924 #242AA9

tetradic

#A9242A #6DA924 #24A9A3 #6024A9

square

#A9242A #6DA924 #24A9A3 #6024A9

split-complementary

#A9242A #24A960 #246DA9

monochromatic

#440F11 #77191D #A9242A #D4363D #DF686E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A9242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A9242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9242A

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9242A	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.169 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b64',
    500: '#a9242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9242a;
$custom-light: #cb6b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.293,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48259,
    "c": 0.16867,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9242A

secondary

#64C5C0

accent

#E8E040

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9242A

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

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