#A42627#A42627

#A42627 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.162 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42627
RGB	rgb(164, 38, 39)
HSL	hsl(360, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(360, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 50.63, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 59.61, 31.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.47% 0.1465 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(47.47% 0.162 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3711, 9.4278, 2.8768)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42627 #26A4A3

analogous

#A42666 #A42627 #A46426

triadic

#A42627 #27A426 #2627A4

tetradic

#A42627 #66A426 #26A4A3 #6426A4

square

#A42627 #66A426 #26A4A3 #6426A4

split-complementary

#A42627 #26A464 #2666A4

monochromatic

#410F0F #721A1B #A42627 #D13738 #DC6869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A42627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A42627 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42627

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42627	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 38, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.162 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76b61',
    500: '#a42627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42627;
$custom-light: #c76b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.524,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47469,
    "c": 0.16242,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42627

secondary

#64C2C1

accent

#E5E442

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42627

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

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