#A42C26#A42C26

#A42C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.157 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C26
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 76.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.55, 48.47, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.55, 58.56, 34.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.03% 0.1394 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(48.03% 0.157 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5623, 9.8364, 2.8599)
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

#A42C26 #269EA4

analogous

#A4265F #A42C26 #A46B26

triadic

#A42C26 #26A42C #2C26A4

tetradic

#A42C26 #5FA426 #269EA4 #6B26A4

square

#A42C26 #5FA426 #269EA4 #6B26A4

split-complementary

#A42C26 #26A46B #265FA4

monochromatic

#41110F #721F1A #A42C26 #D13E37 #DC6E68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A42C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C26

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C26	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)

#4F4824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.157 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e61',
    500: '#a42c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c26;
$custom-light: #c76e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48026,
    "c": 0.1574,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C26

secondary

#64BEC2

accent

#DEE542

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C26

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

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