#A42C27#A42C27

#A42C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.157 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C27
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 48.51, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 58.28, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1398 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.157 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5786, 9.8429, 2.9460)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C27 #279FA4

analogous

#A42761 #A42C27 #A46B27

triadic

#A42C27 #27A42C #2C27A4

tetradic

#A42C27 #61A427 #279FA4 #6B27A4

square

#A42C27 #61A427 #279FA4 #6B27A4

split-complementary

#A42C27 #27A46B #2761A4

monochromatic

#41110F #731F1B #A42C27 #D03E38 #DC6E6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A42C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C27

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C27	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)

#4F4825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.157 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e62',
    500: '#a42c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c27;
$custom-light: #c76e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48038,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C27

secondary

#65BEC2

accent

#DEE543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C27

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

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