#A42C20#A42C20

#A42C20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C20
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 80.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.48, 48.25, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.48, 60.32, 36.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.1375 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.158 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4732, 9.8007, 2.3906)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C20 #2098A4

analogous

#A42056 #A42C20 #A46E20

triadic

#A42C20 #20A42C #2C20A4

tetradic

#A42C20 #56A420 #2098A4 #6E20A4

square

#A42C20 #56A420 #2098A4 #6E20A4

split-complementary

#A42C20 #20A46E #2056A4

monochromatic

#3E110C #711E16 #A42C20 #D63B2B #E06A5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A42C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A42C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C20

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C20	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)

#50471D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e5d',
    500: '#a42c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c20;
$custom-light: #c86e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47957,
    "c": 0.15832,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C20

secondary

#5CBBC4

accent

#DBEA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C20

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

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