#A9272C#A9272C

#A9272C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.166 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9272C
RGB	rgb(169, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.97, 52.06, 30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.97, 60.12, 30.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.1515 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.166 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5444, 10.0706, 3.4024)
Luminance	0.1007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9272C #27A9A4

analogous

#A9276D #A9272C #A96327

triadic

#A9272C #2CA927 #272CA9

tetradic

#A9272C #6DA927 #27A9A4 #6327A9

square

#A9272C #6DA927 #27A9A4 #6327A9

split-complementary

#A9272C #27A963 #276DA9

monochromatic

#461012 #771C1F #A9272C #D23B41 #DD6D71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A9272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A9272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9272C

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9272C	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)

#4E472B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.166 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d65',
    500: '#a9272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9272c;
$custom-light: #cb6d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.692,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4854,
    "c": 0.16605,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9272C

secondary

#68C4C0

accent

#E6DF42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9272C

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

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