#A42B29#A42B29

#A42B29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B29
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 48.96, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 57.95, 32.34°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1416 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.158 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5759, 9.7829, 3.1129)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B29 #29A2A4

analogous

#A42964 #A42B29 #A46929

triadic

#A42B29 #29A42B #2B29A4

tetradic

#A42B29 #64A429 #29A2A4 #6929A4

square

#A42B29 #64A429 #29A2A4 #6929A4

split-complementary

#A42B29 #29A469 #2964A4

monochromatic

#421111 #731E1D #A42B29 #CE3E3C #DA6F6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A42B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A42B29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B29

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B29	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e63',
    500: '#a42b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b29;
$custom-light: #c76e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.976,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47965,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B29

secondary

#68C0C1

accent

#E1E345

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B29

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

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