#A42826#A42826

#A42826 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.161 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42826
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 38)
HSL	hsl(1, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, 49.91, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 59.45, 32.91°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% 0.144 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.161 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4204, 9.5526, 2.8126)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42826 #26A2A4

analogous

#A42663 #A42826 #A46726

triadic

#A42826 #26A428 #2826A4

tetradic

#A42826 #63A426 #26A2A4 #6726A4

square

#A42826 #63A426 #26A2A4 #6726A4

split-complementary

#A42826 #26A467 #2663A4

monochromatic

#41100F #721C1A #A42826 #D13937 #DC6A68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A42826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A42826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42826

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42826	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)

#4D4624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.161 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c61',
    500: '#a42826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42826;
$custom-light: #c76c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.952,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47638,
    "c": 0.16088,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42826

secondary

#64C1C2

accent

#E3E542

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42826

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

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