#A42B26#A42B26

#A42B26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.158 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B26
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, 48.84, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 58.79, 33.83°)
OKLab	oklab(47.93% 0.1406 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(47.93% 0.158 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5255, 9.7627, 2.8476)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B26 #269FA4

analogous

#A42660 #A42B26 #A46A26

triadic

#A42B26 #26A42B #2B26A4

tetradic

#A42B26 #60A426 #269FA4 #6A26A4

square

#A42B26 #60A426 #269FA4 #6A26A4

split-complementary

#A42B26 #26A46A #2660A4

monochromatic

#41110F #721E1A #A42B26 #D13D37 #DC6D68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A42B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A42B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B26

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B26	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.158 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e61',
    500: '#a42b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b26;
$custom-light: #c76e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.381,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47926,
    "c": 0.15828,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B26

secondary

#64BEC2

accent

#DFE542

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B26

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

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