#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
RGBrgb(164, 35, 36)
HSLhsl(360, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(360, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 78.7%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(36.41, 51.48, 32.81)
CIE-LCHlch(36.41, 61.05, 32.51°)
OKLaboklab(47.17% 0.1485 0.0724)
OKLCHoklch(47.17% 0.165 26)
XYZxyz(16.2313, 9.2245, 2.5946)
Luminance0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##A423241.007.382.847.38
#FFFFFF7.381.0021.001.00
#0000002.8421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.381.0021.001.00

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

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#A42324 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva