#A42825#A42825

#A42825 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.161 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42825
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 37)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.02, 49.87, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.02, 59.73, 33.40°)
OKLab	oklab(47.63% 0.1436 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(47.63% 0.161 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4045, 9.5462, 2.7287)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42825 #25A1A4

analogous

#A42562 #A42825 #A46725

triadic

#A42825 #25A428 #2825A4

tetradic

#A42825 #62A425 #25A1A4 #6725A4

square

#A42825 #62A425 #25A1A4 #6725A4

split-complementary

#A42825 #25A467 #2562A4

monochromatic

#40100E #721C1A #A42825 #D13935 #DD6A67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A42825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A42825 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42825

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42825	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)

#4D4623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.161 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c60',
    500: '#a42825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42825;
$custom-light: #c86c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.417,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47625,
    "c": 0.16101,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42825

secondary

#62C0C2

accent

#E2E642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42825

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

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