#A9261B#A9261B

#A9261B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.169 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9261B
RGB	rgb(169, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 84%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, 51.79, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 65.08, 37.27°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% 0.147 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.169 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2553, 9.9031, 2.0396)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9261B #1B9EA9

analogous

#A91B57 #A9261B #A96D1B

triadic

#A9261B #1BA926 #261BA9

tetradic

#A9261B #57A91B #1B9EA9 #6D1BA9

square

#A9261B #57A91B #1B9EA9 #6D1BA9

split-complementary

#A9261B #1BA96D #1B57A9

monochromatic

#3F0E0A #741A13 #A9261B #DC3325 #E5655A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A9261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A9261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9261B

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9261B	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)

#4F4618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6314

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.169 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6c59',
    500: '#a9261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9261b;
$custom-light: #cc6c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.648,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48258,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9261B

secondary

#58C0C8

accent

#E1EF39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9261B

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

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