#A9242C#A9242C

#A9242C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.168 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9242C
RGB	rgb(169, 36, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.63, 53.02, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.63, 60.75, 29.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.1545 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.168 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4497, 9.8814, 3.3709)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9242C #24A9A1

analogous

#A9246E #A9242C #A95E24

triadic

#A9242C #2CA924 #242CA9

tetradic

#A9242C #6EA924 #24A9A1 #5E24A9

square

#A9242C #6EA924 #24A9A1 #5E24A9

split-complementary

#A9242C #24A95E #246EA9

monochromatic

#440F12 #77191F #A9242C #D43640 #DF6870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A9242C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A9242C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9242C

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9242C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9242C	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9242c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 36, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.168 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b65',
    500: '#a9242c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9242c;
$custom-light: #cb6b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9242c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.391,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48287,
    "c": 0.16847,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9242C

secondary

#64C5BF

accent

#E8DE40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9242C

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

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