#A42929#A42929

#A42929 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.160 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42929
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 41)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, 49.68, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 58.41, 31.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.1439 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.16 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5049, 9.6410, 3.0892)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42929 #29A4A4

analogous

#A42966 #A42929 #A46629

triadic

#A42929 #29A429 #2929A4

tetradic

#A42929 #66A429 #29A4A4 #6629A4

square

#A42929 #66A429 #29A4A4 #6629A4

split-complementary

#A42929 #29A466 #2966A4

monochromatic

#421111 #731D1D #A42929 #CE3C3C #DA6D6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A42929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A42929 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42929

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42929	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.160 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d63',
    500: '#a42929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42929;
$custom-light: #c76d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47771,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42929

secondary

#68C1C1

accent

#E3E345

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42929

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

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