#A9271D#A9271D

#A9271D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.168 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9271D
RGB	rgb(169, 39, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 82.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, 51.52, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 64.31, 36.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1466 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.168 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3116, 9.9775, 2.1765)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9271D #1D9FA9

analogous

#A91D59 #A9271D #A96D1D

triadic

#A9271D #1DA927 #271DA9

tetradic

#A9271D #59A91D #1D9FA9 #6D1DA9

square

#A9271D #59A91D #1D9FA9 #6D1DA9

split-complementary

#A9271D #1DA96D #1D59A9

monochromatic

#410F0B #751B14 #A9271D #DA3629 #E3675D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A9271D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A9271D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9271D

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9271D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9271D	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)

#50471A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9271d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 39, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.168 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6c5b',
    500: '#a9271d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9271d;
$custom-light: #cc6c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9271d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48363,
    "c": 0.16794,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9271D

secondary

#5AC0C7

accent

#E1ED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9271D

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

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