#A42724#A42724

#A42724 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.162 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42724
RGB	rgb(164, 39, 36)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.88, 50.18, 33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.88, 60.23, 33.58°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% 0.1444 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.162 27)
XYZ	xyz(16.3557, 9.4735, 2.6361)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42724 #24A1A4

analogous

#A42461 #A42724 #A46724

triadic

#A42724 #24A427 #2724A4

tetradic

#A42724 #61A424 #24A1A4 #6724A4

square

#A42724 #61A424 #24A1A4 #6724A4

split-complementary

#A42724 #24A467 #2461A4

monochromatic

#400F0E #721B19 #A42724 #D23733 #DD6865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A42724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A42724 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42724

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42724	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 39, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.162 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c5f',
    500: '#a42724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42724;
$custom-light: #c86c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.406,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47521,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.09471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42724

secondary

#61C0C3

accent

#E3E741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42724

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

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