#A42927#A42927

#A42927 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.160 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42927
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 39)
HSL	hsl(1, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 49.60, 31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 58.95, 32.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% 0.1432 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.16 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4709, 9.6274, 2.9101)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42927 #27A2A4

analogous

#A42764 #A42927 #A46827

triadic

#A42927 #27A429 #2927A4

tetradic

#A42927 #64A427 #27A2A4 #6827A4

square

#A42927 #64A427 #27A2A4 #6827A4

split-complementary

#A42927 #27A468 #2764A4

monochromatic

#41100F #731D1B #A42927 #D03B38 #DC6C6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A42927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A42927 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42927

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42927	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.160 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d61',
    500: '#a42927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42927;
$custom-light: #c76d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.96,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47745,
    "c": 0.15989,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42927

secondary

#65C0C2

accent

#E2E543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42927

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

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