#A9404B#A9404B

#A9404B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.138 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9404B
RGB	rgb(169, 64, 75)
HSL	hsl(354, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 55.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 43.98, 16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 46.91, 20.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.85% 0.1319 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(51.85% 0.138 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4673, 12.6123, 8.0645)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9404B #40A99E

analogous

#A9407F #A9404B #A96940

triadic

#A9404B #4BA940 #404BA9

tetradic

#A9404B #7FA940 #40A99E #6940A9

square

#A9404B #7FA940 #40A99E #6940A9

split-complementary

#A9404B #40A969 #407FA9

monochromatic

#501E24 #7D2F37 #A9404B #C4626D #D58F96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#A9404B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A9404B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9404B

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9404B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9404B	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59564B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9404b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 64, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.138 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87a7d',
    500: '#a9404b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9404b;
$custom-light: #c87a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9404b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51854,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9404B

secondary

#85C0B9

accent

#D5C753

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEEE

border

#D2C9C9

text

#140909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9404B

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

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