#42050E#42050E

#42050E is a very dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.090 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42050E
RGB	rgb(66, 5, 14)
HSL	hsl(351, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(351, 92%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 92.4%, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.27, 28.76, 11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.27, 31.04, 22.13°)
OKLab	oklab(24.63% 0.0849 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(24.63% 0.09 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.3806, 1.2989, 0.5407)
Luminance	0.0130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42050E #054239

analogous

#42052D #42050E #421B05

triadic

#42050E #0E4205 #050E42

tetradic

#42050E #2D4205 #054239 #1B0542

square

#42050E #2D4205 #054239 #1B0542

split-complementary

#42050E #05421B #052D42

monochromatic

#1C0206 #1C0206 #42050E #7B091A #B40E26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.67

#42050E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#42050E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42050E

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42050E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42050E	1.00	16.67	1.26	16.67
#FFFFFF	16.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18160E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27230C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#490009

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42050e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 5, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.090 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c4c4d',
    500: '#42050e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42050e;
$custom-light: #7c4c4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42050e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.148,
    "s": 85.915,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24631,
    "c": 0.09004,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42050E

secondary

#208274

accent

#FCDD2C

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0A0101

muted

#7C7777

Preview Lab

Preview with #42050E

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

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