#A9422A#A9422A

#A9422A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.141 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9422A
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 40.96, 35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 54.34, 41.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.1162 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.141 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7303, 12.5012, 3.6167)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9422A #2A91A9

analogous

#A92A51 #A9422A #A9822A

triadic

#A9422A #2AA942 #422AA9

tetradic

#A9422A #51A92A #2A91A9 #822AA9

square

#A9422A #51A92A #2A91A9 #822AA9

split-complementary

#A9422A #2AA982 #2A51A9

monochromatic

#471C12 #782F1E #A9422A #D05C41 #DC8672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#A9422A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A9422A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9422A

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9422A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9422A	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9422a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.141 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7a65',
    500: '#a9422a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9422a;
$custom-light: #ca7a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9422a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.339,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51556,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9422A

secondary

#6CB3C3

accent

#C5E344

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9422A

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

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