#A42325#A42325

#A42325 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.165 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42325
RGB	rgb(164, 35, 37)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(359, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 51.52, 32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 60.77, 32.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.19% 0.1488 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(47.19% 0.165 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2467, 9.2307, 2.6762)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42325 #23A4A2

analogous

#A42366 #A42325 #A46223

triadic

#A42325 #25A423 #2325A4

tetradic

#A42325 #66A423 #23A4A2 #6223A4

square

#A42325 #66A423 #23A4A2 #6223A4

split-complementary

#A42325 #23A462 #2366A4

monochromatic

#3F0D0E #72181A #A42325 #D33134 #DE6465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#A42325 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#A42325 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42325

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42325	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42325	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42325;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 35, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.165 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a60',
    500: '#a42325',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42325;
$custom-light: #c86a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42325",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.07,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47186,
    "c": 0.16507,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42325

secondary

#60C3C2

accent

#E8E540

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42325

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

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