#A42832#A42832

#A42832 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.160 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42832
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 50)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, 50.46, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 56.41, 26.55°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% 0.1484 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.16 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6462, 9.6429, 4.0018)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42832 #28A49A

analogous

#A42870 #A42832 #A45C28

triadic

#A42832 #32A428 #2832A4

tetradic

#A42832 #70A428 #28A49A #5C28A4

square

#A42832 #70A428 #28A49A #5C28A4

split-complementary

#A42832 #28A45C #2870A4

monochromatic

#421014 #731C23 #A42832 #CF3A46 #DB6B74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A42832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A42832 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42832

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42832	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.160 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c69',
    500: '#a42832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42832;
$custom-light: #c76c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.161,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47815,
    "c": 0.1596,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42832

secondary

#66C1BA

accent

#E4D744

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42832

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

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