#A9291E#A9291E

#A9291E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.166 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9291E
RGB	rgb(169, 41, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.05, 50.88, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.05, 63.61, 36.89°)
OKLab	oklab(48.55% 0.1448 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(48.55% 0.166 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3916, 10.1174, 2.2652)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9291E #1E9EA9

analogous

#A91E59 #A9291E #A96F1E

triadic

#A9291E #1EA929 #291EA9

tetradic

#A9291E #59A91E #1E9EA9 #6F1EA9

square

#A9291E #59A91E #1E9EA9 #6F1EA9

split-complementary

#A9291E #1EA96F #1E59A9

monochromatic

#41100C #751C15 #A9291E #D9392B #E3695F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A9291E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A9291E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9291E

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9291E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9291E	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)

#50481B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9291e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 41, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.166 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6d5b',
    500: '#a9291e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9291e;
$custom-light: #cc6d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9291e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.748,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48552,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9291E

secondary

#5CBFC7

accent

#DFED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9291E

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

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