#A42C2C#A42C2C

#A42C2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.157 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C2C
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 44)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 48.73, 29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 56.91, 31.11°)
OKLab	oklab(48.11% 0.1416 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(48.11% 0.157 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6670, 9.8782, 3.4115)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C2C #2CA4A4

analogous

#A42C68 #A42C2C #A4682C

triadic

#A42C2C #2CA42C #2C2CA4

tetradic

#A42C2C #68A42C #2CA4A4 #682CA4

square

#A42C2C #68A42C #2CA4A4 #682CA4

split-complementary

#A42C2C #2CA468 #2C68A4

monochromatic

#431212 #741F1F #A42C2C #CC4141 #D97171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A42C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C2C

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C2C	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F482B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.157 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e65',
    500: '#a42c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c2c;
$custom-light: #c76e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48107,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C2C

secondary

#6BC0C0

accent

#E1E147

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C2C

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

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