#A9272D#A9272D

#A9272D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.166 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9272D
RGB	rgb(169, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.98, 52.11, 29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.98, 59.86, 29.49°)
OKLab	oklab(48.56% 0.1518 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(48.56% 0.166 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5634, 10.0782, 3.5026)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9272D #27A9A3

analogous

#A9276E #A9272D #A96227

triadic

#A9272D #2DA927 #272DA9

tetradic

#A9272D #6EA927 #27A9A3 #6227A9

square

#A9272D #6EA927 #27A9A3 #6227A9

split-complementary

#A9272D #27A962 #276EA9

monochromatic

#461013 #771C20 #A9272D #D23B42 #DD6D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A9272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A9272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9272D

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9272D	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E482C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.166 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d66',
    500: '#a9272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9272d;
$custom-light: #cb6d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.231,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48555,
    "c": 0.16595,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9272D

secondary

#68C4C0

accent

#E6DE42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9272D

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

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