#A9452B#A9452B

#A9452B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.138 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9452B
RGB	rgb(169, 69, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 39.55, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 53.33, 42.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.1121 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.138 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9283, 12.8682, 3.7721)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9452B #2B8FA9

analogous

#A92B50 #A9452B #A9842B

triadic

#A9452B #2BA945 #452BA9

tetradic

#A9452B #50A92B #2B8FA9 #842BA9

square

#A9452B #50A92B #2B8FA9 #842BA9

split-complementary

#A9452B #2BA984 #2B50A9

monochromatic

#471D12 #78311F #A9452B #CF5F42 #DB8973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#A9452B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A9452B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9452B

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9452B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9452B	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9452b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 69, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.138 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7c66',
    500: '#a9452b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9452b;
$custom-light: #ca7c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9452b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.381,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51984,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9452B

secondary

#6DB1C3

accent

#C2E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9452B

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

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