#A9261E#A9261E

#A9261E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.169 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9261E
RGB	rgb(169, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.69, 51.87, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.69, 64.21, 36.11°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.1479 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.169 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2918, 9.9177, 2.2319)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9261E #1EA1A9

analogous

#A91E5C #A9261E #A96C1E

triadic

#A9261E #1EA926 #261EA9

tetradic

#A9261E #5CA91E #1EA1A9 #6C1EA9

square

#A9261E #5CA91E #1EA1A9 #6C1EA9

split-complementary

#A9261E #1EA96C #1E5CA9

monochromatic

#410F0C #751A15 #A9261E #D9352B #E3665F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A9261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A9261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9261E

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9261E	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)

#4F461B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.169 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6c5b',
    500: '#a9261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9261e;
$custom-light: #cc6c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.453,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48286,
    "c": 0.16858,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9261E

secondary

#5CC1C7

accent

#E2ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9261E

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

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