#A9271C#A9271C

#A9271C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.168 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9271C
RGB	rgb(169, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, 51.49, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 64.60, 37.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.35% 0.1463 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(48.35% 0.168 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2994, 9.9727, 2.1124)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9271C #1C9EA9

analogous

#A91C57 #A9271C #A96D1C

triadic

#A9271C #1CA927 #271CA9

tetradic

#A9271C #57A91C #1C9EA9 #6D1CA9

square

#A9271C #57A91C #1C9EA9 #6D1CA9

split-complementary

#A9271C #1CA96D #1C57A9

monochromatic

#400F0B #741B13 #A9271C #DB3527 #E4665B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A9271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A9271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9271C

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9271C	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.168 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6c5a',
    500: '#a9271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9271c;
$custom-light: #cc6c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.681,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48354,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9271C

secondary

#59BFC8

accent

#E0EE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9271C

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

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