#A42526#A42526

#A42526 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.163 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42526
RGB	rgb(164, 37, 38)
HSL	hsl(360, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(360, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, 50.92, 31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 60.09, 32.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.37% 0.1472 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(47.37% 0.163 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3232, 9.3582, 2.7802)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42526 #25A4A3

analogous

#A42565 #A42526 #A46425

triadic

#A42526 #26A425 #2526A4

tetradic

#A42526 #65A425 #25A4A3 #6425A4

square

#A42526 #65A425 #25A4A3 #6425A4

split-complementary

#A42526 #25A464 #2565A4

monochromatic

#400E0F #721A1A #A42526 #D13536 #DD6768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#A42526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A42526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42526

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42526	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 37, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.163 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b61',
    500: '#a42526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42526;
$custom-light: #c86b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.528,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47368,
    "c": 0.16337,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42526

secondary

#62C2C2

accent

#E6E542

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42526

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

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