#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
RGBrgb(169, 66, 43)
HSLhsl(11, 59%, 42%)
HSVhsv(11, 75%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60.9%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(42.01, 41.00, 35.17)
CIE-LCHlch(42.01, 54.02, 40.62°)
OKLaboklab(51.57% 0.1166 0.0789)
OKLCHoklch(51.57% 0.141 34.1)
XYZxyz(18.7484, 12.5084, 3.7122)
Luminance0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##A9422B1.006.003.506.00
#FFFFFF6.001.0021.001.00
#0000003.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.001.0021.001.00

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

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#A9422B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva