#A42833#A42833

#A42833 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.160 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42833
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 51)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 68.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.21, 50.51, 24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.21, 56.19, 25.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1488 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.16 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6680, 9.6516, 4.1166)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42833 #28A499

analogous

#A42871 #A42833 #A45B28

triadic

#A42833 #33A428 #2833A4

tetradic

#A42833 #71A428 #28A499 #5B28A4

square

#A42833 #71A428 #28A499 #5B28A4

split-complementary

#A42833 #28A45B #2871A4

monochromatic

#421014 #731C24 #A42833 #CF3A47 #DB6B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A42833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A42833 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42833

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42833	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)

#4C4732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.160 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c6a',
    500: '#a42833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42833;
$custom-light: #c76c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.677,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47832,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42833

secondary

#66C1B9

accent

#E4D644

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42833

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

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