#A42834#A42834

#A42834 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.159 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42834
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 52)
HSL	hsl(354, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 68.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.23, 50.57, 24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.23, 55.98, 25.40°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.1492 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.159 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6903, 9.6605, 4.2340)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42834 #28A498

analogous

#A42872 #A42834 #A45A28

triadic

#A42834 #34A428 #2834A4

tetradic

#A42834 #72A428 #28A498 #5A28A4

square

#A42834 #72A428 #28A498 #5A28A4

split-complementary

#A42834 #28A45A #2872A4

monochromatic

#421015 #731C24 #A42834 #CF3A49 #DB6B76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A42834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A42834 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42834

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42834	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.159 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c6b',
    500: '#a42834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42834;
$custom-light: #c76c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.194,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4785,
    "c": 0.15947,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42834

secondary

#66C1B9

accent

#E4D444

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42834

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

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