#A9422F#A9422F

#A9422F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.140 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9422F
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 47)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.06, 41.19, 32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.06, 52.76, 38.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.62% 0.118 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(51.62% 0.14 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8254, 12.5392, 4.1178)
Luminance	0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9422F #2F96A9

analogous

#A92F59 #A9422F #A97F2F

triadic

#A9422F #2FA942 #422FA9

tetradic

#A9422F #59A92F #2F96A9 #7F2FA9

square

#A9422F #59A92F #2F96A9 #7F2FA9

split-complementary

#A9422F #2FA97F #2F59A9

monochromatic

#491D14 #792F22 #A9422F #CC5D49 #DA8879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#A9422F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A9422F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9422F

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9422F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9422F	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)

#5E552D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9422f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.140 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97a68',
    500: '#a9422f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9422f;
$custom-light: #c97a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9422f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.344,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51619,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9422F

secondary

#72B5C2

accent

#C8E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9422F

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

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