#A42928#A42928

#A42928 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.160 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42928
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 40)
HSL	hsl(0, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 75.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 49.64, 31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 58.68, 32.22°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% 0.1436 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.16 26)
XYZ	xyz(16.4877, 9.6341, 2.9985)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42928 #28A3A4

analogous

#A42865 #A42928 #A46728

triadic

#A42928 #28A429 #2928A4

tetradic

#A42928 #65A428 #28A3A4 #6728A4

square

#A42928 #65A428 #28A3A4 #6728A4

split-complementary

#A42928 #28A467 #2865A4

monochromatic

#421010 #731D1C #A42928 #CF3B3A #DB6C6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A42928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A42928 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42928

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42928	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)

#4E4626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.160 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d62',
    500: '#a42928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42928;
$custom-light: #c76d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.484,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47758,
    "c": 0.15976,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.09632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42928

secondary

#66C1C1

accent

#E3E444

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42928

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

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