#A42829#A42829

#A42829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.161 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42829
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(360, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(360, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 50.03, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 58.63, 31.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.145 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.161 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4708, 9.5727, 3.0779)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42829 #28A4A3

analogous

#A42867 #A42829 #A46528

triadic

#A42829 #29A428 #2829A4

tetradic

#A42829 #67A428 #28A4A3 #6528A4

square

#A42829 #67A428 #28A4A3 #6528A4

split-complementary

#A42829 #28A465 #2867A4

monochromatic

#421010 #731C1D #A42829 #CF3A3B #DB6B6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A42829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A42829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42829

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42829	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.161 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c63',
    500: '#a42829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42829;
$custom-light: #c76c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.516,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47678,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42829

secondary

#66C1C1

accent

#E4E344

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42829

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

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