#A42126#A42126

#A42126 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.166 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42126
RGB	rgb(164, 33, 38)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(358, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.22, 52.17, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.22, 60.90, 31.06°)
OKLab	oklab(47.04% 0.1511 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(47.04% 0.166 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2055, 9.1228, 2.7409)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42126 #21A49F

analogous

#A42167 #A42126 #A45D21

triadic

#A42126 #26A421 #2126A4

tetradic

#A42126 #67A421 #21A49F #5D21A4

square

#A42126 #67A421 #21A49F #5D21A4

split-complementary

#A42126 #21A45D #2167A4

monochromatic

#3E0C0E #71171A #A42126 #D52D34 #DF6065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#A42126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A42126 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42126

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42126	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 33, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.166 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86960',
    500: '#a42126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42126;
$custom-light: #c86960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.71,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47037,
    "c": 0.16649,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42126

secondary

#5DC4C0

accent

#E9E33E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42126

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

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