#A42B25#A42B25

#A42B25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.158 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B25
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 37)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.40, 48.80, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.40, 59.07, 34.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1403 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.158 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5096, 9.7564, 2.7638)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B25 #259EA4

analogous

#A4255E #A42B25 #A46B25

triadic

#A42B25 #25A42B #2B25A4

tetradic

#A42B25 #5EA425 #259EA4 #6B25A4

square

#A42B25 #5EA425 #259EA4 #6B25A4

split-complementary

#A42B25 #25A46B #255EA4

monochromatic

#40110E #721E1A #A42B25 #D13C35 #DD6C67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A42B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42B25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B25

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B25	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)

#4F4723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.158 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e60',
    500: '#a42b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b25;
$custom-light: #c76e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.835,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47913,
    "c": 0.15843,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B25

secondary

#62BEC2

accent

#DEE642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B25

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

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