#A42536#A42536

#A42536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.162 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42536
RGB	rgb(164, 37, 54)
HSL	hsl(352, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(352, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.90, 51.68, 22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.90, 56.31, 23.38°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.1532 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.162 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6391, 9.4845, 4.4439)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42536 #25A493

analogous

#A42575 #A42536 #A45425

triadic

#A42536 #36A425 #2536A4

tetradic

#A42536 #75A425 #25A493 #5425A4

square

#A42536 #75A425 #25A493 #5425A4

split-complementary

#A42536 #25A454 #2575A4

monochromatic

#400E15 #721A26 #A42536 #D1354A #DD6777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A42536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A42536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42536

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42536	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 37, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.162 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b6c',
    500: '#a42536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42536;
$custom-light: #c66b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.969,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47619,
    "c": 0.16205,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42536

secondary

#62C2B6

accent

#E6D042

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42536

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

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