#A42A29#A42A29

#A42A29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.159 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A29
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 41)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 49.33, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 58.18, 32.03°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.1428 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.159 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5399, 9.7111, 3.1009)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A29 #29A3A4

analogous

#A42965 #A42A29 #A46829

triadic

#A42A29 #29A42A #2A29A4

tetradic

#A42A29 #65A429 #29A3A4 #6829A4

square

#A42A29 #65A429 #29A3A4 #6829A4

split-complementary

#A42A29 #29A468 #2965A4

monochromatic

#421111 #731D1D #A42A29 #CE3D3C #DA6E6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A42A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A42A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A29

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A29	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)

#4E4728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.159 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d63',
    500: '#a42a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a29;
$custom-light: #c76d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.488,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47867,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A29

secondary

#68C0C1

accent

#E2E345

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A29

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

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