#A42122#A42122

#A42122 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.167 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42122
RGB	rgb(164, 33, 34)
HSL	hsl(360, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(360, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 79.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.17, 52.02, 33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.17, 62.00, 32.96°)
OKLab	oklab(46.99% 0.1498 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(46.99% 0.167 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1444, 9.0983, 2.4192)
Luminance	0.0910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42122 #21A4A3

analogous

#A42163 #A42122 #A46121

triadic

#A42122 #22A421 #2122A4

tetradic

#A42122 #63A421 #21A4A3 #6121A4

square

#A42122 #63A421 #21A4A3 #6121A4

split-complementary

#A42122 #21A461 #2163A4

monochromatic

#3E0C0D #711717 #A42122 #D52D2F #DF6061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#A42122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A42122 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42122

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42122	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 33, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.167 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8695e',
    500: '#a42122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42122;
$custom-light: #c8695e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.542,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46988,
    "c": 0.16694,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42122

secondary

#5DC4C3

accent

#E9E83E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42122

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

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