#A42934#A42934

#A42934 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.159 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42934
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 52)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 68.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, 50.22, 24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 55.73, 25.70°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% 0.148 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.159 21)
XYZ	xyz(16.7244, 9.7288, 4.2454)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42934 #29A499

analogous

#A42972 #A42934 #A45B29

triadic

#A42934 #34A429 #2934A4

tetradic

#A42934 #72A429 #29A499 #5B29A4

square

#A42934 #72A429 #29A499 #5B29A4

split-complementary

#A42934 #29A45B #2972A4

monochromatic

#421115 #731D24 #A42934 #CE3C49 #DA6D77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A42934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42934 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42934

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42934	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.159 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d6b',
    500: '#a42934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42934;
$custom-light: #c66d6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.634,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47943,
    "c": 0.15854,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.09726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42934

secondary

#68C1B9

accent

#E3D545

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42934

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

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