#A9272A#A9272A

#A9272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.166 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9272A
RGB	rgb(169, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.94, 51.98, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.94, 60.64, 31.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.1508 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.166 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5077, 10.0560, 3.2092)
Luminance	0.1005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9272A #27A9A6

analogous

#A9276B #A9272A #A96527

triadic

#A9272A #2AA927 #272AA9

tetradic

#A9272A #6BA927 #27A9A6 #6527A9

square

#A9272A #6BA927 #27A9A6 #6527A9

split-complementary

#A9272A #27A965 #276BA9

monochromatic

#461011 #771C1E #A9272A #D23B3F #DD6D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A9272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A9272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9272A

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9272A	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.166 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d64',
    500: '#a9272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9272a;
$custom-light: #cb6d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48512,
    "c": 0.16627,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9272A

secondary

#68C4C2

accent

#E6E242

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9272A

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

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