#A42924#A42924

#A42924 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.160 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42924
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 36)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, 49.48, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 59.80, 34.16°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% 0.1422 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.16 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4231, 9.6083, 2.6586)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42924 #249FA4

analogous

#A4245F #A42924 #A46924

triadic

#A42924 #24A429 #2924A4

tetradic

#A42924 #5FA424 #249FA4 #6924A4

square

#A42924 #5FA424 #249FA4 #6924A4

split-complementary

#A42924 #24A469 #245FA4

monochromatic

#40100E #721C19 #A42924 #D23933 #DD6A65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A42924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A42924 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42924

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42924	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)

#4E4622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.160 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d5f',
    500: '#a42924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42924;
$custom-light: #c86d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.344,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47707,
    "c": 0.1603,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42924

secondary

#61BFC3

accent

#E1E741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42924

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

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