#A9242E#A9242E

#A9242E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.168 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9242E
RGB	rgb(169, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.66, 53.11, 28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.66, 60.26, 28.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.1552 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.168 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4882, 9.8968, 3.5737)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9242E #24A99F

analogous

#A92470 #A9242E #A95D24

triadic

#A9242E #2EA924 #242EA9

tetradic

#A9242E #70A924 #24A99F #5D24A9

square

#A9242E #70A924 #24A99F #5D24A9

split-complementary

#A9242E #24A95D #2470A9

monochromatic

#440F13 #771920 #A9242E #D43642 #DF6871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A9242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A9242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9242E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9242E	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.168 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b66',
    500: '#a9242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9242e;
$custom-light: #cb6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.489,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48317,
    "c": 0.1683,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9242E

secondary

#64C5BE

accent

#E8DB40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9242E

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

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