#A42623#A42623

#A42623 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.163 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42623
RGB	rgb(164, 38, 35)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, 50.48, 33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 60.72, 33.77°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.1451 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.163 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3083, 9.4027, 2.5460)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42623 #23A1A4

analogous

#A42361 #A42623 #A46723

triadic

#A42623 #23A426 #2623A4

tetradic

#A42623 #61A423 #23A1A4 #6723A4

square

#A42623 #61A423 #23A1A4 #6723A4

split-complementary

#A42623 #23A467 #2361A4

monochromatic

#3F0F0D #721A18 #A42623 #D33531 #DE6664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#A42623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A42623 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42623

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42623	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 38, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.163 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b5e',
    500: '#a42623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42623;
$custom-light: #c86b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.395,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47419,
    "c": 0.16293,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42623

secondary

#60C1C3

accent

#E4E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42623

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

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