#A9422B#A9422B

#A9422B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.141 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9422B
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 43)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, 41.00, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 54.02, 40.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.57% 0.1166 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(51.57% 0.141 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7484, 12.5084, 3.7122)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9422B #2B92A9

analogous

#A92B53 #A9422B #A9812B

triadic

#A9422B #2BA942 #422BA9

tetradic

#A9422B #53A92B #2B92A9 #812BA9

square

#A9422B #53A92B #2B92A9 #812BA9

split-complementary

#A9422B #2BA981 #2B53A9

monochromatic

#471C12 #782F1F #A9422B #CF5C42 #DB8673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#A9422B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A9422B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9422B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9422B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9422B	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)

#5E5528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9422b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.141 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7a65',
    500: '#a9422b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9422b;
$custom-light: #ca7a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9422b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.952,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51568,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9422B

secondary

#6DB3C3

accent

#C6E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9422B

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

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