#A9282B#A9282B

#A9282B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.165 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9282B
RGB	rgb(169, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.07, 51.69, 30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.07, 60.16, 30.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.61% 0.1501 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(48.61% 0.165 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5591, 10.1297, 3.3157)
Luminance	0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9282B #28A9A6

analogous

#A9286B #A9282B #A96528

triadic

#A9282B #2BA928 #282BA9

tetradic

#A9282B #6BA928 #28A9A6 #6528A9

square

#A9282B #6BA928 #28A9A6 #6528A9

split-complementary

#A9282B #28A965 #286BA9

monochromatic

#461112 #781C1E #A9282B #D13D41 #DD6F71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A9282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A9282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9282B

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9282B	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F482A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.165 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d64',
    500: '#a9282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9282b;
$custom-light: #cb6d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.605,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48614,
    "c": 0.16532,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9282B

secondary

#69C4C1

accent

#E5E143

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9282B

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

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