#A9261C#A9261C

#A9261C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.169 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9261C
RGB	rgb(169, 38, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, 51.82, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 64.79, 36.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1473 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.169 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2670, 9.9079, 2.1016)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9261C #1C9FA9

analogous

#A91C58 #A9261C #A96C1C

triadic

#A9261C #1CA926 #261CA9

tetradic

#A9261C #58A91C #1C9FA9 #6C1CA9

square

#A9261C #58A91C #1C9FA9 #6C1CA9

split-complementary

#A9261C #1CA96C #1C58A9

monochromatic

#400E0B #741A13 #A9261C #DB3427 #E4655B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A9261C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A9261C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9261C

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9261C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9261C	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9261c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 38, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.169 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6c5a',
    500: '#a9261c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9261c;
$custom-light: #cc6c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9261c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.255,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48267,
    "c": 0.16884,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9261C

secondary

#59C0C8

accent

#E1EE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9261C

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

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