#A9272E#A9272E

#A9272E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.166 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9272E
RGB	rgb(169, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, 52.15, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 59.61, 28.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.57% 0.1522 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(48.57% 0.166 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5829, 10.0860, 3.6052)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9272E #27A9A2

analogous

#A9276F #A9272E #A96127

triadic

#A9272E #2EA927 #272EA9

tetradic

#A9272E #6FA927 #27A9A2 #6127A9

square

#A9272E #6FA927 #27A9A2 #6127A9

split-complementary

#A9272E #27A961 #276FA9

monochromatic

#461013 #771C20 #A9272E #D23B43 #DD6D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A9272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A9272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9272E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9272E	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)

#4E482D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.166 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d67',
    500: '#a9272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9272e;
$custom-light: #cb6d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.769,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4857,
    "c": 0.16585,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9272E

secondary

#68C4BF

accent

#E6DD42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9272E

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

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