#A9282C#A9282C

#A9282C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.165 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9282C
RGB	rgb(169, 40, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.09, 51.73, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.09, 59.90, 30.27°)
OKLab	oklab(48.63% 0.1504 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(48.63% 0.165 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5776, 10.1372, 3.4135)
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

#A9282C #28A9A5

analogous

#A9286C #A9282C #A96528

triadic

#A9282C #2CA928 #282CA9

tetradic

#A9282C #6CA928 #28A9A5 #6528A9

square

#A9282C #6CA928 #28A9A5 #6528A9

split-complementary

#A9282C #28A965 #286CA9

monochromatic

#461112 #781C1F #A9282C #D13D42 #DD6F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A9282C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A9282C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9282C

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9282C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9282C	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)

#4F482B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9282c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 40, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.165 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d65',
    500: '#a9282c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9282c;
$custom-light: #cb6d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9282c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.14,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48628,
    "c": 0.16521,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9282C

secondary

#69C4C1

accent

#E5E043

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9282C

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

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