#A42736#A42736

#A42736 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.160 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42736
RGB	rgb(164, 39, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 51.02, 22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 55.82, 23.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% 0.1511 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.16 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7030, 9.6124, 4.4652)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42736 #27A495

analogous

#A42775 #A42736 #A45727

triadic

#A42736 #36A427 #2736A4

tetradic

#A42736 #75A427 #27A495 #5727A4

square

#A42736 #75A427 #27A495 #5727A4

split-complementary

#A42736 #27A457 #2775A4

monochromatic

#410F15 #731B26 #A42736 #D0384B #DC6A78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A42736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A42736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42736

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42736	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)

#4B4636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 39, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.160 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c6c',
    500: '#a42736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42736;
$custom-light: #c66c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.8,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47795,
    "c": 0.16027,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42736

secondary

#65C2B7

accent

#E5D143

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42736

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

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