#A42636#A42636

#A42636 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.161 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42636
RGB	rgb(164, 38, 54)
HSL	hsl(352, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(352, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.02, 51.36, 22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.02, 56.07, 23.66°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% 0.1521 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.161 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6706, 9.5476, 4.4544)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42636 #26A494

analogous

#A42675 #A42636 #A45526

triadic

#A42636 #36A426 #2636A4

tetradic

#A42636 #75A426 #26A494 #5526A4

square

#A42636 #75A426 #26A494 #5526A4

split-complementary

#A42636 #26A455 #2675A4

monochromatic

#410F15 #721A26 #A42636 #D1374A #DC6877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A42636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A42636 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42636

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42636	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 38, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.161 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c6c',
    500: '#a42636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42636;
$custom-light: #c66c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.381,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47706,
    "c": 0.16117,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42636

secondary

#64C2B6

accent

#E5D142

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42636

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

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