#A9312A#A9312A

#A9312A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.157 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9312A
RGB	rgb(169, 49, 42)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.24, 48.37, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.24, 58.38, 34.04°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.1394 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.157 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8804, 10.8015, 3.3334)
Luminance	0.1080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9312A #2AA2A9

analogous

#A92A63 #A9312A #A9712A

triadic

#A9312A #2AA931 #312AA9

tetradic

#A9312A #63A92A #2AA2A9 #712AA9

square

#A9312A #63A92A #2AA2A9 #712AA9

split-complementary

#A9312A #2AA971 #2A63A9

monochromatic

#471512 #78231E #A9312A #D04841 #DC7772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#A9312A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A9312A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9312A

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9312A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9312A	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9312a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 49, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.157 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7164',
    500: '#a9312a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9312a;
$custom-light: #cb7164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9312a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.307,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49483,
    "c": 0.15748,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9312A

secondary

#6CBEC3

accent

#DBE344

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9312A

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

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