#A9422E#A9422E

#A9422E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.140 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9422E
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, 41.14, 33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 53.07, 39.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% 0.1176 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.14 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8055, 12.5313, 4.0128)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9422E #2E95A9

analogous

#A92E58 #A9422E #A9802E

triadic

#A9422E #2EA942 #422EA9

tetradic

#A9422E #58A92E #2E95A9 #802EA9

square

#A9422E #58A92E #2E95A9 #802EA9

split-complementary

#A9422E #2EA980 #2E58A9

monochromatic

#491C14 #792F21 #A9422E #CD5D47 #DA8777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#A9422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A9422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9422E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9422E	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.140 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7a67',
    500: '#a9422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9422e;
$custom-light: #ca7a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.756,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51606,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9422E

secondary

#71B5C2

accent

#C8E047

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9422E

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

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