#A42735#A42735

#A42735 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.160 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42735
RGB	rgb(164, 39, 53)
HSL	hsl(353, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 50.97, 23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 56.02, 24.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1507 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.16 20)
XYZ	xyz(16.6798, 9.6031, 4.3428)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42735 #27A496

analogous

#A42774 #A42735 #A45827

triadic

#A42735 #35A427 #2735A4

tetradic

#A42735 #74A427 #27A496 #5827A4

square

#A42735 #74A427 #27A496 #5827A4

split-complementary

#A42735 #27A458 #2774A4

monochromatic

#410F15 #731B25 #A42735 #D03849 #DC6A77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A42735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A42735 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42735

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42735	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 39, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.160 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c6c',
    500: '#a42735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42735;
$custom-light: #c66c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.28,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47777,
    "c": 0.16031,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.09601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42735

secondary

#65C2B7

accent

#E5D343

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42735

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

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