#A42C29#A42C29

#A42C29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C29
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 75%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.58, 48.59, 31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.58, 57.72, 32.66°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.1405 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.157 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6127, 9.8565, 3.1251)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C29 #29A1A4

analogous

#A42964 #A42C29 #A46929

triadic

#A42C29 #29A42C #2C29A4

tetradic

#A42C29 #64A429 #29A1A4 #6929A4

square

#A42C29 #64A429 #29A1A4 #6929A4

split-complementary

#A42C29 #29A469 #2964A4

monochromatic

#421211 #731F1D #A42C29 #CE403C #DA706D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A42C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A42C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C29

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C29	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e63',
    500: '#a42c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c29;
$custom-light: #c76e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.463,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48065,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C29

secondary

#68BFC1

accent

#DFE345

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C29

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

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