#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
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 49.44, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 60.09, 34.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.1419 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.16 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4081, 9.6023, 2.5793)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##A42923	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A42923

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

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