#A42C25#A42C25

#A42C25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.158 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C25
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 37)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, 48.43, 33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 58.85, 34.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.01% 0.1391 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(48.01% 0.158 28)
XYZ	xyz(16.5464, 9.8300, 2.7760)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C25 #259DA4

analogous

#A4255E #A42C25 #A46C25

triadic

#A42C25 #25A42C #2C25A4

tetradic

#A42C25 #5EA425 #259DA4 #6C25A4

square

#A42C25 #5EA425 #259DA4 #6C25A4

split-complementary

#A42C25 #25A46C #255EA4

monochromatic

#40110E #721F1A #A42C25 #D13D35 #DD6D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A42C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C25

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C25	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)

#504823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.158 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e60',
    500: '#a42c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c25;
$custom-light: #c76e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.307,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48013,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.09827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C25

secondary

#62BDC2

accent

#DDE642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C25

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

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