#A42836#A42836

#A42836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.159 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42836
RGB	rgb(164, 40, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, 50.68, 22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 55.57, 24.22°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.15 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.159 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7363, 9.6790, 4.4763)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42836 #28A496

analogous

#A42874 #A42836 #A45828

triadic

#A42836 #36A428 #2836A4

tetradic

#A42836 #74A428 #28A496 #5828A4

square

#A42836 #74A428 #28A496 #5828A4

split-complementary

#A42836 #28A458 #2874A4

monochromatic

#421016 #731C26 #A42836 #CF3A4B #DB6B78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A42836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A42836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42836

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42836	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 40, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.159 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d6d',
    500: '#a42836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42836;
$custom-light: #c66d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.226,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47886,
    "c": 0.15936,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42836

secondary

#66C1B7

accent

#E4D244

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42836

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

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