#A42324#A42324

#A42324 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.165 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42324
RGB	rgb(164, 35, 36)
HSL	hsl(360, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(360, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 51.48, 32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 61.05, 32.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.17% 0.1485 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(47.17% 0.165 26)
XYZ	xyz(16.2313, 9.2245, 2.5946)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42324 #23A4A3

analogous

#A42365 #A42324 #A46323

triadic

#A42324 #24A423 #2324A4

tetradic

#A42324 #65A423 #23A4A3 #6323A4

square

#A42324 #65A423 #23A4A3 #6323A4

split-complementary

#A42324 #23A463 #2365A4

monochromatic

#3F0D0E #721819 #A42324 #D33132 #DE6465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#A42324 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A42324 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42324

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42324	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42324	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42324;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 35, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.165 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a5f',
    500: '#a42324',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42324;
$custom-light: #c86a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42324",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.535,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47173,
    "c": 0.16519,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.09222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42324

secondary

#60C3C2

accent

#E8E740

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42324

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

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