#A9381C#A9381C

#A9381C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.154 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9381C
RGB	rgb(169, 56, 28)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.16, 44.98, 41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.16, 61.01, 42.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% 0.1261 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.154 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9880, 11.3499, 2.3420)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9381C #1C8DA9

analogous

#A91C46 #A9381C #A97E1C

triadic

#A9381C #1CA938 #381CA9

tetradic

#A9381C #46A91C #1C8DA9 #7E1CA9

square

#A9381C #46A91C #1C8DA9 #7E1CA9

split-complementary

#A9381C #1CA97E #1C46A9

monochromatic

#40150B #742713 #A9381C #DB4B27 #E4775B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A9381C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A9381C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9381C

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9381C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9381C	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756816

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA1533

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9381c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 56, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.154 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb745b',
    500: '#a9381c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9381c;
$custom-light: #cb745b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9381c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.915,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50128,
    "c": 0.15357,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9381C

secondary

#59B2C8

accent

#CAEE39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9381C

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

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