#A42935#A42935

#A42935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42935
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 53)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, 50.28, 23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 55.52, 25.11°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.1485 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.158 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7472, 9.7379, 4.3652)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42935 #29A498

analogous

#A42973 #A42935 #A45A29

triadic

#A42935 #35A429 #2935A4

tetradic

#A42935 #73A429 #29A498 #5A29A4

square

#A42935 #73A429 #29A498 #5A29A4

split-complementary

#A42935 #29A45A #2973A4

monochromatic

#421115 #731D25 #A42935 #CE3C4A #DA6D78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A42935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42935

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42935	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)

#4C4734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d6c',
    500: '#a42935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42935;
$custom-light: #c66d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.146,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4796,
    "c": 0.15849,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42935

secondary

#68C1B8

accent

#E3D445

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42935

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

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