#A42B20#A42B20

#A42B20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.159 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B20
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 80.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, 48.62, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 60.54, 36.58°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% 0.1386 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.159 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4364, 9.7271, 2.3783)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B20 #2099A4

analogous

#A42057 #A42B20 #A46D20

triadic

#A42B20 #20A42B #2B20A4

tetradic

#A42B20 #57A420 #2099A4 #6D20A4

square

#A42B20 #57A420 #2099A4 #6D20A4

split-complementary

#A42B20 #20A46D #2057A4

monochromatic

#3E100C #711E16 #A42B20 #D63A2B #E0695F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A42B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B20

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B20	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)

#4F471D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.159 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d5d',
    500: '#a42b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b20;
$custom-light: #c86d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47857,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B20

secondary

#5CBCC4

accent

#DCEA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B20

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

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