#A42932#A42932

#A42932 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.159 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42932
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 50)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 69.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 50.11, 25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 56.17, 26.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1473 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.159 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6803, 9.7112, 4.0131)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42932 #29A49B

analogous

#A4296F #A42932 #A45E29

triadic

#A42932 #32A429 #2932A4

tetradic

#A42932 #6FA429 #29A49B #5E29A4

square

#A42932 #6FA429 #29A49B #5E29A4

split-complementary

#A42932 #29A45E #296FA4

monochromatic

#421114 #731D23 #A42932 #CE3C47 #DA6D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A42932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A42932 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42932

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42932	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.159 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d6a',
    500: '#a42932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42932;
$custom-light: #c76d6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.61,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47908,
    "c": 0.15869,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42932

secondary

#68C1BB

accent

#E3D845

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42932

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

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