#A9472D#A9472D

#A9472D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.135 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9472D
RGB	rgb(169, 71, 45)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, 38.67, 35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 52.23, 42.24°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.1097 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.135 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0910, 13.1335, 4.0118)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9472D #2D8FA9

analogous

#A92D51 #A9472D #A9852D

triadic

#A9472D #2DA947 #472DA9

tetradic

#A9472D #51A92D #2D8FA9 #852DA9

square

#A9472D #51A92D #2D8FA9 #852DA9

split-complementary

#A9472D #2DA985 #2D51A9

monochromatic

#481E13 #793320 #A9472D #CE6246 #DA8B76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#A9472D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A9472D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9472D

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9472D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9472D	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62582A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9472d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 71, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.135 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97d67',
    500: '#a9472d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9472d;
$custom-light: #c97d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9472d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.581,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52294,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9472D

secondary

#6FB1C2

accent

#C1E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9472D

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

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