#A42B2F#A42B2F

#A42B2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42B2F
RGB	rgb(164, 43, 47)
HSL	hsl(358, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 71.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.53, 49.24, 27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.53, 56.39, 29.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.1438 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.157 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6887, 9.8280, 3.7070)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42B2F #2BA4A0

analogous

#A42B6B #A42B2F #A4642B

triadic

#A42B2F #2FA42B #2B2FA4

tetradic

#A42B2F #6BA42B #2BA4A0 #642BA4

square

#A42B2F #6BA42B #2BA4A0 #642BA4

split-complementary

#A42B2F #2BA464 #2B6BA4

monochromatic

#431213 #741E21 #A42B2F #CD3F44 #D97073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A42B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42B2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42B2F

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42B2F	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E482E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 43, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e67',
    500: '#a42b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42b2f;
$custom-light: #c76e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.017,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48052,
    "c": 0.15713,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42B2F

secondary

#6AC1BE

accent

#E2DD46

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42B2F

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

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