#A42827#A42827

#A42827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.161 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A42827
RGBrgb(164, 40, 39)
HSLhsl(0, 62%, 40%)
HSVhsv(0, 76%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.6%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(37.04, 49.95, 31.73)
CIE-LCHlch(37.04, 59.17, 32.42°)
OKLaboklab(47.65% 0.1443 0.0708)
OKLCHoklch(47.65% 0.161 26.1)
XYZxyz(16.4368, 9.5591, 2.8987)
Luminance0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A42827 #27A3A4
analogous
#A42765 #A42827 #A46727
triadic
#A42827 #27A428 #2827A4
tetradic
#A42827 #65A427 #27A3A4 #6727A4
square
#A42827 #65A427 #27A3A4 #6727A4
split-complementary
#A42827 #27A467 #2765A4
monochromatic
#41100F #731C1B #A42827 #D03A38 #DC6B6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21
#A42827 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91
#A42827 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42827
7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A42827#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A428271.007.212.917.21
#FFFFFF7.211.0021.001.00
#0000002.9121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.211.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4D4625
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6C6122
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B50029
Achromatopsia (no color)
#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a42827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.161 26.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c61',
    500: '#a42827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a42827;
$custom-light: #c76c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a42827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.48,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47651,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A42827
secondary
#65C1C2
accent
#E3E543
background
#FDF6F5
surface
#FAECEA
border
#D3C7C6
text
#150705
muted
#837A79

Preview Lab

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#A42827 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva