#A9402D#A9402D

#A9402D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.142 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9402D
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.68, 42.04, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.68, 53.87, 38.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% 0.1202 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.142 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6712, 12.2939, 3.8719)
Luminance	0.1229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9402D #2D96A9

analogous

#A92D58 #A9402D #A97E2D

triadic

#A9402D #2DA940 #402DA9

tetradic

#A9402D #58A92D #2D96A9 #7E2DA9

square

#A9402D #58A92D #2D96A9 #7E2DA9

split-complementary

#A9402D #2DA97E #2D58A9

monochromatic

#481B13 #792E20 #A9402D #CE5A46 #DA8576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#A9402D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A9402D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9402D

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9402D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9402D	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D542A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA273C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9402d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.142 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7967',
    500: '#a9402d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9402d;
$custom-light: #ca7967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9402d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.194,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51323,
    "c": 0.14228,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9402D

secondary

#6FB6C2

accent

#C9E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9402D

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

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