#A42925#A42925

#A42925 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.160 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42925
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 37)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 49.52, 33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 59.52, 33.69°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% 0.1425 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.16 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4386, 9.6145, 2.7401)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42925 #25A0A4

analogous

#A42561 #A42925 #A46925

triadic

#A42925 #25A429 #2925A4

tetradic

#A42925 #61A425 #25A0A4 #6925A4

square

#A42925 #61A425 #25A0A4 #6925A4

split-complementary

#A42925 #25A469 #2561A4

monochromatic

#40100E #721D1A #A42925 #D13A35 #DD6A67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A42925 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A42925 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42925

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42925	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42925	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)

#4E4623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42925;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.160 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d60',
    500: '#a42925',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42925;
$custom-light: #c76d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42925",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.89,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47719,
    "c": 0.16016,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42925

secondary

#62BFC2

accent

#E1E642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42925

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

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