#A9271E#A9271E

#A9271E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.168 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9271E
RGB	rgb(169, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 51.55, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 64.01, 36.36°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% 0.1469 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.168 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3242, 9.9826, 2.2427)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9271E #1EA0A9

analogous

#A91E5B #A9271E #A96D1E

triadic

#A9271E #1EA927 #271EA9

tetradic

#A9271E #5BA91E #1EA0A9 #6D1EA9

square

#A9271E #5BA91E #1EA0A9 #6D1EA9

split-complementary

#A9271E #1EA96D #1E5BA9

monochromatic

#410F0C #751B15 #A9271E #D9362B #E3675F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A9271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A9271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9271E

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9271E	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F471B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.168 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6c5b',
    500: '#a9271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9271e;
$custom-light: #cc6c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.885,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48373,
    "c": 0.16781,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9271E

secondary

#5CC0C7

accent

#E1ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9271E

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

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