#A42523#A42523

#A42523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.164 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42523
RGB	rgb(164, 37, 35)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.63, 50.81, 33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.63, 60.93, 33.50°)
OKLab	oklab(47.33% 0.1462 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(47.33% 0.164 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2767, 9.3396, 2.5355)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42523 #23A2A4

analogous

#A42362 #A42523 #A46623

triadic

#A42523 #23A425 #2523A4

tetradic

#A42523 #62A423 #23A2A4 #6623A4

square

#A42523 #62A423 #23A2A4 #6623A4

split-complementary

#A42523 #23A466 #2362A4

monochromatic

#3F0E0D #721A18 #A42523 #D33431 #DE6564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#A42523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A42523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42523

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42523	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 37, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.164 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b5e',
    500: '#a42523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42523;
$custom-light: #c86b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.93,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47331,
    "c": 0.16374,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42523

secondary

#60C2C3

accent

#E5E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42523

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

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