#A42726#A42726

#A42726 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.162 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42726
RGB	rgb(164, 39, 38)
HSL	hsl(0, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.90, 50.25, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.90, 59.67, 32.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.55% 0.1451 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(47.55% 0.162 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3871, 9.4861, 2.8015)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42726 #26A3A4

analogous

#A42664 #A42726 #A46626

triadic

#A42726 #26A427 #2726A4

tetradic

#A42726 #64A426 #26A3A4 #6626A4

square

#A42726 #64A426 #26A3A4 #6626A4

split-complementary

#A42726 #26A466 #2664A4

monochromatic

#410F0F #721B1A #A42726 #D13837 #DC6968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A42726 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A42726 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42726

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42726	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42726	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42726;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 39, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.162 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c61',
    500: '#a42726',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42726;
$custom-light: #c86c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42726",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.476,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47546,
    "c": 0.16172,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42726

secondary

#64C1C2

accent

#E4E542

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42726

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

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