#A42B24#A42B24

#A42B24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.159 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B24
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 36)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, 48.76, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 59.36, 34.78°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.1399 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.159 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4941, 9.7502, 2.6822)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B24 #249DA4

analogous

#A4245D #A42B24 #A46B24

triadic

#A42B24 #24A42B #2B24A4

tetradic

#A42B24 #5DA424 #249DA4 #6B24A4

square

#A42B24 #5DA424 #249DA4 #6B24A4

split-complementary

#A42B24 #24A46B #245DA4

monochromatic

#40110E #721E19 #A42B24 #D23C33 #DD6C65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A42B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B24

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B24	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)

#4F4722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.159 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d5f',
    500: '#a42b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b24;
$custom-light: #c76d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.281,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47901,
    "c": 0.15857,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B24

secondary

#61BDC3

accent

#DEE741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B24

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

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