#A9281E#A9281E

#A9281E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.167 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9281E
RGB	rgb(169, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.93, 51.21, 38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.93, 63.81, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% 0.1458 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.167 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3574, 10.0491, 2.2538)
Luminance	0.1005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9281E #1E9FA9

analogous

#A91E59 #A9281E #A96E1E

triadic

#A9281E #1EA928 #281EA9

tetradic

#A9281E #59A91E #1E9FA9 #6E1EA9

square

#A9281E #59A91E #1E9FA9 #6E1EA9

split-complementary

#A9281E #1EA96E #1E59A9

monochromatic

#410F0C #751C15 #A9281E #D9372B #E3685F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A9281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A9281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9281E

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9281E	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)

#50471B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.167 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6d5b',
    500: '#a9281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9281e;
$custom-light: #cc6d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.317,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48462,
    "c": 0.16702,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9281E

secondary

#5CBFC7

accent

#E0ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9281E

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

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