#A9251C#A9251C

#A9251C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.170 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9251C
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 52.14, 38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 64.98, 36.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.18% 0.1483 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(48.18% 0.17 29)
XYZ	xyz(17.2355, 9.8448, 2.0911)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9251C #1CA0A9

analogous

#A91C59 #A9251C #A96B1C

triadic

#A9251C #1CA925 #251CA9

tetradic

#A9251C #59A91C #1CA0A9 #6B1CA9

square

#A9251C #59A91C #1CA0A9 #6B1CA9

split-complementary

#A9251C #1CA96B #1C59A9

monochromatic

#400E0B #741A13 #A9251C #DB3227 #E4645B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A9251C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A9251C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9251C

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9251C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9251C	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9251c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.170 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6b5a',
    500: '#a9251c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9251c;
$custom-light: #cc6b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9251c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.83,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48182,
    "c": 0.1696,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.09842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9251C

secondary

#59C1C8

accent

#E3EE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9251C

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

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