#A42930#A42930

#A42930 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.159 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42930
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 50.01, 26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 56.63, 27.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% 0.1465 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.159 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6381, 9.6943, 3.7908)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42930 #29A49D

analogous

#A4296E #A42930 #A45F29

triadic

#A42930 #30A429 #2930A4

tetradic

#A42930 #6EA429 #29A49D #5F29A4

square

#A42930 #6EA429 #29A49D #5F29A4

split-complementary

#A42930 #29A45F #296EA4

monochromatic

#421113 #731D22 #A42930 #CE3C44 #DA6D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A42930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A42930 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42930

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42930	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C612C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.159 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d68',
    500: '#a42930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42930;
$custom-light: #c76d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.585,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47875,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42930

secondary

#68C1BC

accent

#E3DA45

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42930

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

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