#A9251D#A9251D

#A9251D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.169 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9251D
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 82.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.57, 52.16, 38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.57, 64.69, 36.26°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.1486 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.169 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2476, 9.8496, 2.1552)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9251D #1DA1A9

analogous

#A91D5B #A9251D #A96B1D

triadic

#A9251D #1DA925 #251DA9

tetradic

#A9251D #5BA91D #1DA1A9 #6B1DA9

square

#A9251D #5BA91D #1DA1A9 #6B1DA9

split-complementary

#A9251D #1DA96B #1D5BA9

monochromatic

#410E0B #751A14 #A9251D #DA3329 #E3655D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A9251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A9251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9251D

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9251D	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)

#4F461A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.169 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6c5a',
    500: '#a9251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9251d;
$custom-light: #cc6c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48191,
    "c": 0.16947,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9251D

secondary

#5AC1C7

accent

#E3ED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9251D

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

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