#A42A26#A42A26

#A42A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.159 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A26
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.28, 49.20, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.28, 59.01, 33.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1417 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.159 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4896, 9.6909, 2.8356)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A26 #26A0A4

analogous

#A42661 #A42A26 #A46926

triadic

#A42A26 #26A42A #2A26A4

tetradic

#A42A26 #61A426 #26A0A4 #6926A4

square

#A42A26 #61A426 #26A0A4 #6926A4

split-complementary

#A42A26 #26A469 #2661A4

monochromatic

#41110F #721D1A #A42A26 #D13C37 #DC6C68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A42A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A42A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A26

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A26	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)

#4E4724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.159 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d61',
    500: '#a42a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a26;
$custom-light: #c76d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.905,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47828,
    "c": 0.15916,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A26

secondary

#64BFC2

accent

#E0E542

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A26

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

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