#A9312B#A9312B

#A9312B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.157 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9312B
RGB	rgb(169, 49, 43)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.26, 48.42, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.26, 58.10, 33.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% 0.1397 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.157 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8986, 10.8087, 3.4289)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9312B #2BA3A9

analogous

#A92B64 #A9312B #A9702B

triadic

#A9312B #2BA931 #312BA9

tetradic

#A9312B #64A92B #2BA3A9 #702BA9

square

#A9312B #64A92B #2BA3A9 #702BA9

split-complementary

#A9312B #2BA970 #2B64A9

monochromatic

#471512 #78231F #A9312B #CF4942 #DB7873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#A9312B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A9312B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9312B

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9312B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9312B	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9312b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 49, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.157 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb7165',
    500: '#a9312b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9312b;
$custom-light: #cb7165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9312b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49496,
    "c": 0.15732,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9312B

secondary

#6DBFC3

accent

#DBE345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9312B

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

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