#A42C2D#A42C2D

#A42C2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.156 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42C2D
RGB	rgb(164, 44, 45)
HSL	hsl(360, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(360, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, 48.77, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 56.65, 30.57°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% 0.1419 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.156 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6860, 9.8859, 3.5117)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42C2D #2CA4A3

analogous

#A42C69 #A42C2D #A4672C

triadic

#A42C2D #2DA42C #2C2DA4

tetradic

#A42C2D #69A42C #2CA4A3 #672CA4

square

#A42C2D #69A42C #2CA4A3 #672CA4

split-complementary

#A42C2D #2CA467 #2C69A4

monochromatic

#431213 #741F20 #A42C2D #CC4142 #D97172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A42C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A42C2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42C2D

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42C2D	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)

#4F482C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 44, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.156 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e66',
    500: '#a42c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42c2d;
$custom-light: #c76e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48121,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42C2D

secondary

#6BC0C0

accent

#E1E047

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42C2D

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

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