#A9281F#A9281F

#A9281F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.167 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9281F
RGB	rgb(169, 40, 31)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.94, 51.25, 37.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.94, 63.52, 36.22°)
OKLab	oklab(48.47% 0.1461 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(48.47% 0.167 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3704, 10.0543, 2.3221)
Luminance	0.1005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9281F #1FA0A9

analogous

#A91F5B #A9281F #A96D1F

triadic

#A9281F #1FA928 #281FA9

tetradic

#A9281F #5BA91F #1FA0A9 #6D1FA9

square

#A9281F #5BA91F #1FA0A9 #6D1FA9

split-complementary

#A9281F #1FA96D #1F5BA9

monochromatic

#42100C #751C16 #A9281F #D8382D #E26960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A9281F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A9281F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9281F

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9281F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9281F	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)

#50471C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9281f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 40, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.167 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6d5c',
    500: '#a9281f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9281f;
$custom-light: #cc6d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9281f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.913,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48471,
    "c": 0.16688,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9281F

secondary

#5DC0C7

accent

#E0EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9281F

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

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