#A9251F#A9251F

#A9251F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.169 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9251F
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 31)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.59, 52.22, 37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.59, 64.11, 35.46°)
OKLab	oklab(48.21% 0.1492 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(48.21% 0.169 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2732, 9.8599, 2.2897)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9251F #1FA3A9

analogous

#A91F5E #A9251F #A96A1F

triadic

#A9251F #1FA925 #251FA9

tetradic

#A9251F #5EA91F #1FA3A9 #6A1FA9

square

#A9251F #5EA91F #1FA3A9 #6A1FA9

split-complementary

#A9251F #1FA96A #1F5EA9

monochromatic

#420E0C #751A16 #A9251F #D8342D #E26660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A9251F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A9251F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9251F

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9251F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9251F	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)

#4E461D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9251f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.169 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6c5c',
    500: '#a9251f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9251f;
$custom-light: #cc6c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9251f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48211,
    "c": 0.16921,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9251F

secondary

#5DC2C7

accent

#E4EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9251F

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

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