#A42A2D#A42A2D

#A42A2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.158 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42A2D
RGB	rgb(164, 42, 45)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, 49.51, 28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 57.13, 29.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.1442 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.158 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6133, 9.7404, 3.4874)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42A2D #2AA4A1

analogous

#A42A6A #A42A2D #A4642A

triadic

#A42A2D #2DA42A #2A2DA4

tetradic

#A42A2D #6AA42A #2AA4A1 #642AA4

square

#A42A2D #6AA42A #2AA4A1 #642AA4

split-complementary

#A42A2D #2AA464 #2A6AA4

monochromatic

#431112 #731E20 #A42A2D #CD3E41 #DA6E71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A42A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42A2D

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42A2D	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)

#4E472C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 42, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.158 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d66',
    500: '#a42a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42a2d;
$custom-light: #c76d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.525,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47924,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42A2D

secondary

#69C1BF

accent

#E2DF45

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42A2D

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

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