#A9283C#A9283C

#A9283C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.164 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9283C
RGB	rgb(169, 40, 60)
HSL	hsl(351, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 64.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.34, 52.57, 20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.34, 56.46, 21.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.9% 0.1566 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(48.9% 0.164 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9385, 10.2815, 5.3141)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9283C #28A995

analogous

#A9287C #A9283C #A95528

triadic

#A9283C #3CA928 #283CA9

tetradic

#A9283C #7CA928 #28A995 #5528A9

square

#A9283C #7CA928 #28A995 #5528A9

split-complementary

#A9283C #28A955 #287CA9

monochromatic

#461119 #781C2A #A9283C #D13D54 #DD6F80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A9283C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A9283C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9283C

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9283C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9283C	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D493C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9283c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 40, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.164 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d71',
    500: '#a9283c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9283c;
$custom-light: #ca6d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9283c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.698,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.489,
    "c": 0.16421,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9283C

secondary

#69C4B6

accent

#E5CC43

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9283C

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

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