#A42A2C#A42A2C

#A42A2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.158 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A2C
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 44)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, 49.46, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 57.38, 30.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1439 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.158 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5943, 9.7328, 3.3872)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A2C #2AA4A2

analogous

#A42A69 #A42A2C #A4652A

triadic

#A42A2C #2CA42A #2A2CA4

tetradic

#A42A2C #69A42A #2AA4A2 #652AA4

square

#A42A2C #69A42A #2AA4A2 #652AA4

split-complementary

#A42A2C #2AA465 #2A69A4

monochromatic

#431112 #731E1F #A42A2C #CD3E40 #DA6E70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A42A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A2C

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A2C	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)

#4E472B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.158 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d65',
    500: '#a42a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a2c;
$custom-light: #c76d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.016,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47909,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A2C

secondary

#69C1BF

accent

#E2E045

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A2C

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

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