#A42127#A42127

#A42127 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.166 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42127
RGB	rgb(164, 33, 39)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, 52.21, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 60.63, 30.56°)
OKLab	oklab(47.05% 0.1515 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(47.05% 0.166 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2218, 9.1293, 2.8271)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42127 #21A49E

analogous

#A42168 #A42127 #A45C21

triadic

#A42127 #27A421 #2127A4

tetradic

#A42127 #68A421 #21A49E #5C21A4

square

#A42127 #68A421 #21A49E #5C21A4

split-complementary

#A42127 #21A45C #2168A4

monochromatic

#3E0C0F #71171B #A42127 #D52D35 #DF6066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#A42127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#A42127 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42127

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42127	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 33, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.166 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86961',
    500: '#a42127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42127;
$custom-light: #c86961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.252,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47051,
    "c": 0.16638,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42127

secondary

#5DC4BF

accent

#E9E23E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42127

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

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