#A42824#A42824

#A42824 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.161 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42824
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 36)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 49.83, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 60.02, 33.87°)
OKLab	oklab(47.61% 0.1433 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(47.61% 0.161 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3890, 9.5400, 2.6472)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42824 #24A0A4

analogous

#A42460 #A42824 #A46824

triadic

#A42824 #24A428 #2824A4

tetradic

#A42824 #60A424 #24A0A4 #6824A4

square

#A42824 #60A424 #24A0A4 #6824A4

split-complementary

#A42824 #24A468 #2460A4

monochromatic

#40100E #721C19 #A42824 #D23833 #DD6965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A42824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A42824 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42824

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42824	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)

#4E4622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.161 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c5f',
    500: '#a42824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42824;
$custom-light: #c86c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.875,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47613,
    "c": 0.16115,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42824

secondary

#61C0C3

accent

#E2E741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42824

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

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