#A42923#A42923

#A42923 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.160 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A42923
RGBrgb(164, 41, 35)
HSLhsl(3, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(3, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(37.12, 49.44, 34.15)
CIE-LCHlch(37.12, 60.09, 34.63°)
OKLaboklab(47.7% 0.1419 0.075)
OKLCHoklch(47.7% 0.16 27.8)
XYZxyz(16.4081, 9.6023, 2.5793)
Luminance0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A42923 #239EA4
analogous
#A4235E #A42923 #A46A23
triadic
#A42923 #23A429 #2923A4
tetradic
#A42923 #5EA423 #239EA4 #6A23A4
square
#A42923 #5EA423 #239EA4 #6A23A4
split-complementary
#A42923 #23A46A #235EA4
monochromatic
#3F100D #721C18 #A42923 #D33931 #DE6964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19
#A42923 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92
#A42923 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42923
7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A42923#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A429231.007.192.927.19
#FFFFFF7.191.0021.001.00
#0000002.9221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.191.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4E4621
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D611E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B50029
Achromatopsia (no color)
#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a42923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.160 27.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d5f',
    500: '#a42923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a42923;
$custom-light: #c86d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a42923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47695,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A42923
secondary
#60BFC3
accent
#E0E840
background
#FDF6F5
surface
#FAECE9
border
#D3C7C5
text
#150704
muted
#837A79

Preview Lab

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#A42923 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva