#A42B2E#A42B2E

#A42B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.157 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B2E
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, 49.19, 28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 56.64, 29.71°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1435 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.157 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6687, 9.8200, 3.6020)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B2E #2BA4A1

analogous

#A42B6B #A42B2E #A4642B

triadic

#A42B2E #2EA42B #2B2EA4

tetradic

#A42B2E #6BA42B #2BA4A1 #642BA4

square

#A42B2E #6BA42B #2BA4A1 #642BA4

split-complementary

#A42B2E #2BA464 #2B6BA4

monochromatic

#431213 #741E20 #A42B2E #CD3F43 #D97073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A42B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A42B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B2E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B2E	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E482D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.157 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e67',
    500: '#a42b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b2e;
$custom-light: #c76e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.512,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48037,
    "c": 0.15724,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B2E

secondary

#6AC1BE

accent

#E2DE46

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B2E

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