#A42624#A42624

#A42624 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.163 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42624
RGB	rgb(164, 38, 36)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 50.51, 33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 60.44, 33.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.43% 0.1454 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(47.43% 0.163 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3233, 9.4087, 2.6253)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42624 #24A2A4

analogous

#A42462 #A42624 #A46624

triadic

#A42624 #24A426 #2624A4

tetradic

#A42624 #62A424 #24A2A4 #6624A4

square

#A42624 #62A424 #24A2A4 #6624A4

split-complementary

#A42624 #24A466 #2462A4

monochromatic

#400F0E #721A19 #A42624 #D23533 #DD6765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#A42624 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A42624 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42624

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42624	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42624	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)

#4D4522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42624;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 38, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.163 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b5f',
    500: '#a42624',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42624;
$custom-light: #c86b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42624",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.938,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47431,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42624

secondary

#61C1C3

accent

#E4E741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42624

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

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