#A42936#A42936

#A42936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42936
RGB	rgb(164, 41, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, 50.33, 22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 55.32, 24.52°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.1488 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.158 20)
XYZ	xyz(16.7704, 9.7472, 4.4877)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42936 #29A497

analogous

#A42973 #A42936 #A45A29

triadic

#A42936 #36A429 #2936A4

tetradic

#A42936 #73A429 #29A497 #5A29A4

square

#A42936 #73A429 #29A497 #5A29A4

split-complementary

#A42936 #29A45A #2973A4

monochromatic

#421116 #731D26 #A42936 #CE3C4B #DA6D78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A42936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42936

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42936	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 41, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d6d',
    500: '#a42936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42936;
$custom-light: #c66d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.659,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47979,
    "c": 0.15843,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.09745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42936

secondary

#68C1B8

accent

#E3D245

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42936

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

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