#A42C24#A42C24

#A42C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C24
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 36)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, 48.39, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 59.14, 35.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48% 0.1388 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(48% 0.158 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5309, 9.8238, 2.6945)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C24 #249CA4

analogous

#A4245C #A42C24 #A46C24

triadic

#A42C24 #24A42C #2C24A4

tetradic

#A42C24 #5CA424 #249CA4 #6C24A4

square

#A42C24 #5CA424 #249CA4 #6C24A4

split-complementary

#A42C24 #24A46C #245CA4

monochromatic

#40110E #721F19 #A42C24 #D23D33 #DD6D65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A42C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A42C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C24

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C24	1.00	7.08	2.96	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e5f',
    500: '#a42c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c24;
$custom-light: #c76e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48001,
    "c": 0.1577,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C24

secondary

#61BDC3

accent

#DDE741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C24

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

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