#A9281C#A9281C

#A9281C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.167 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9281C
RGB	rgb(169, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.91, 51.16, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.91, 64.40, 37.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.44% 0.1453 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(48.44% 0.167 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3327, 10.0392, 2.1235)
Luminance	0.1004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9281C #1C9DA9

analogous

#A91C56 #A9281C #A96E1C

triadic

#A9281C #1CA928 #281CA9

tetradic

#A9281C #56A91C #1C9DA9 #6E1CA9

square

#A9281C #56A91C #1C9DA9 #6E1CA9

split-complementary

#A9281C #1CA96E #1C56A9

monochromatic

#400F0B #741C13 #A9281C #DB3627 #E4675B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A9281C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A9281C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9281C

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9281C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9281C	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.167 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6d5a',
    500: '#a9281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9281c;
$custom-light: #cc6d5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.106,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48443,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9281C

secondary

#59BEC8

accent

#DFEE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9281C

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

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