#A9291C#A9291C

#A9291C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.167 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9291C
RGB	rgb(169, 41, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.03, 50.82, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.03, 64.20, 37.67°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1442 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.167 30)
XYZ	xyz(17.3668, 10.1075, 2.1349)
Luminance	0.1011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9291C #1C9CA9

analogous

#A91C55 #A9291C #A96F1C

triadic

#A9291C #1CA929 #291CA9

tetradic

#A9291C #55A91C #1C9CA9 #6F1CA9

square

#A9291C #55A91C #1C9CA9 #6F1CA9

split-complementary

#A9291C #1CA96F #1C55A9

monochromatic

#40100B #741C13 #A9291C #DB3827 #E4685B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A9291C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A9291C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9291C

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9291C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9291C	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706415

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9291c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 41, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.167 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6d5a',
    500: '#a9291c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9291c;
$custom-light: #cc6d5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9291c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.532,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48534,
    "c": 0.1665,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.10105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9291C

secondary

#59BEC8

accent

#DEEE39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9291C

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

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