#A9272B#A9272B

#A9272B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.166 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9272B
RGB	rgb(169, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.96, 52.02, 30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.96, 60.37, 30.50°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1511 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.166 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5258, 10.0632, 3.3046)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9272B #27A9A5

analogous

#A9276C #A9272B #A96427

triadic

#A9272B #2BA927 #272BA9

tetradic

#A9272B #6CA927 #27A9A5 #6427A9

square

#A9272B #6CA927 #27A9A5 #6427A9

split-complementary

#A9272B #27A964 #276CA9

monochromatic

#461012 #771C1E #A9272B #D23B40 #DD6D71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A9272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A9272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9272B

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9272B	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E472A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.166 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d64',
    500: '#a9272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9272b;
$custom-light: #cb6d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.154,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48526,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9272B

secondary

#68C4C1

accent

#E6E142

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9272B

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

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