#A9272F#A9272F

#A9272F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.166 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9272F
RGB	rgb(169, 39, 47)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.01, 52.20, 28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.01, 59.37, 28.45°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% 0.1526 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.166 23)
XYZ	xyz(17.6028, 10.0940, 3.7102)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9272F #27A9A1

analogous

#A92770 #A9272F #A96027

triadic

#A9272F #2FA927 #272FA9

tetradic

#A9272F #70A927 #27A9A1 #6027A9

square

#A9272F #70A927 #27A9A1 #6027A9

split-complementary

#A9272F #27A960 #2770A9

monochromatic

#461013 #771C21 #A9272F #D23B45 #DD6D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A9272F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A9272F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9272F

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9272F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9272F	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)

#4E482E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E642B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9272f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 39, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.166 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d67',
    500: '#a9272f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9272f;
$custom-light: #cb6d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9272f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.308,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48585,
    "c": 0.16576,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.10091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9272F

secondary

#68C4BE

accent

#E6DC42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9272F

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

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